Lebanon is in the throes of a brutal economic crisis and its own desperate citizens now also risk drowning in the Mediterranean in their quest for a better life.
By Hashem OsseiranAgence France-PresseTRIPOLI, Lebanon If he wasn't making good money smuggling irregular migrants to the European Union by sea, Ibrahim himself might have joined the growing exodus from crisis-hit Lebanon."If I didn't work in this profession, I would have left, just like so many other people," said the 42-year-old trafficker, who asked to use a pseudonym
If he wasn't making good money smuggling irregular migrants to the European Union by sea, Ibrahim himself might have joined the growing exodus from crisis-hit Lebanon.
If he wasn't making good money smuggling irregular migrants to the European Union by sea, Ibrahim himself might have joined the growing exodus from crisis-hit Lebanon.
UN's refugee agency says at least 1,570 individuals, including 186 Lebanese nationals, embarked on illicit journey or tried to leave country in smuggler boats during 2021