Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for a new start with his wife and three kids, away from the daily humiliation of life in Lebanon. The country’s economic meltdown had destroyed him. The currency crash meant that…
Lebanese have been setting off from their country s Mediterranean shore to attempt the perilous journey by boat to Cyprus and beyond in the hopes of reaching Europe