Tripoli: Lebanese rescue team searched interior For survivors after an overloaded people smuggling on Monday, the boat capsized while being chased by naval forces, with dozens unaccounted for still missing at sea.
At least seven people died as a result of the disaster, which occurred late Saturday and ignited widespread anger, just three weeks before the May 15 parliamentary elections. The body of a woman was fished out of the water on Monday morning, taking the death toll to seven. LebanonWorst disaster of its kind in years.
“The body of a woman from the Al-Nimr family was recovered from here today Tripoli beach,” Director General of Tripoli Port Ahmed Tameri Rescue efforts were on, he told AFP.
The Lebanese military said on Sunday that 48 people had been rescued, but it was not immediately clear how many asylum seekers were boarded when the boat left.
United Nations The refugee agency (UNHCR) said at least 84 people were on board when the boat capsized about three nautical miles off the coast of Tripoli. according to this UNHCR Statistics, this means there are potentially some 30 people still unaccounted for. The passengers included Syrian and Palestinian refugees, but most were Lebanese, the military said.
The circumstances that led to the sinking of the small overloaded craft were not entirely clear, with some survivors claiming that the Navy had boarded their boat, and officials insisting on the smuggler that he attempted to escape recklessly. Did.
Lebanon was once a transit point for asylum seekers from elsewhere in the region hoping to reach the shores of the sea. The European Union Member Cyprus by the sea, an island 175 kilometers (110 mi) away. However, an unprecedented economic crisis that has caused hyper-inflation and plunged millions into poverty is prompting a growing number of Lebanese to attempt an alarming crossing.
The United Nations says more than 1,500 asylum seekers have tried to leave Lebanon by sea illegally since the beginning of 2021. “Lebanon’s economic crisis has triggered one of the biggest waves of migration in the country’s history,” said Matthew Lucianohead of lebanon international organization for migration,
At least seven people died as a result of the disaster, which occurred late Saturday and ignited widespread anger, just three weeks before the May 15 parliamentary elections. The body of a woman was fished out of the water on Monday morning, taking the death toll to seven. LebanonWorst disaster of its kind in years.
“The body of a woman from the Al-Nimr family was recovered from here today Tripoli beach,” Director General of Tripoli Port Ahmed Tameri Rescue efforts were on, he told AFP.
The Lebanese military said on Sunday that 48 people had been rescued, but it was not immediately clear how many asylum seekers were boarded when the boat left.
United Nations The refugee agency (UNHCR) said at least 84 people were on board when the boat capsized about three nautical miles off the coast of Tripoli. according to this UNHCR Statistics, this means there are potentially some 30 people still unaccounted for. The passengers included Syrian and Palestinian refugees, but most were Lebanese, the military said.
The circumstances that led to the sinking of the small overloaded craft were not entirely clear, with some survivors claiming that the Navy had boarded their boat, and officials insisting on the smuggler that he attempted to escape recklessly. Did.
Lebanon was once a transit point for asylum seekers from elsewhere in the region hoping to reach the shores of the sea. The European Union Member Cyprus by the sea, an island 175 kilometers (110 mi) away. However, an unprecedented economic crisis that has caused hyper-inflation and plunged millions into poverty is prompting a growing number of Lebanese to attempt an alarming crossing.
The United Nations says more than 1,500 asylum seekers have tried to leave Lebanon by sea illegally since the beginning of 2021. “Lebanon’s economic crisis has triggered one of the biggest waves of migration in the country’s history,” said Matthew Lucianohead of lebanon international organization for migration,