On New Year’s Eve, a small boat carrying more than 230 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, broke down and began to sink after setting sail from the northern coast of Lebanon. Since the collapse of Lebanon’s economy in 2019, an increasing number of people mostly Syrian and Palestinian refugees but also Lebanese citizens…
A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve. All but two of the passengers were rescued, but what came next was a shock for many: They were loaded onto trucks and driven to the Syrian border, where they were handed over to the Syrian army. Among them were Syrians who were registered as refugees and had legal residency in Lebanon. Rights monitors see the case as a troubling development in Lebanon’s handling of refugees. Lebanese authorities have threatened mass evictions of refugees in the past but actual deportations have until now been only sporadic.
Benghazi: A small boat carrying more than 230 potential migrants, most of them Syrians, capsized and began to sink after leaving Lebanon'. | News Track
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