Has on Sunday die Lebanese army thwarted the smuggling of 10 Syrians by sea from the north of the country An incident that in the past has happened several times.
The army command shared in a statement stating that “a unit of the Navy stopped a boat that in 5.5 nautical miles off the coast of Tripoli “in the north. It reported that the boat was carrying 10 Syrians and one Lebanese.
The army did not provide any information about the target of the boat, suggesting that it was die Passengers stopped and investigated.
In the face of escalating economic collapse in Lebanon, doubled die Number of migrants, die wanted to flee Lebanon by sea, and die most of them are Syrian refugees, die do not hesitate, die to embark on a dangerous journey, and their destination is often Cyprus.
Gave it on May 10th die Lebanese army announced that it had foiled an attempt to smuggle 59 Syrians by sea.
Stopped on April 25th die Army 69 Syrians, die prepared for an “illegal sea voyage to Cyprus”.
The ongoing collapse since summer 2019 has die Poverty line worsened as more than die Half of Lebanese people live below the poverty line while die The rate of Palestinian and Syrian refugees increases to seventy and ninety percent, respectively.
Lebanon estimates that there are 1.5 million Syrian refugees, of which around one million are registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
In September took place die UNIFIL a boat with 36 passengers on board, die tried to escape but got lost at sea. Several people on board the boat died.
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