Published : 27-08-2022
Four Palestinian families are facing the risk of deportation from Lebanon after they were pushed back from Cyprus.
The four families illegally entered Lebanon and risk to be forced back to Syria.
According to data provided by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), some 1,162 migrants — the vast majority of them Syrian refugees, with smaller numbers of Lebanese citizens, Palestinian refugees and other nationalities — attempted to reach Cyprus by sea from Lebanon between January 2020 and the beginning of June 2021, with 414 of those departing in 2021.
By comparison, a total of 290 people were recorded as attempting the journey in 2019 and 490 in 2018. In terms of the number of boats departing, there were 17 vessels recorded in 2019 and 21 in 2018, while in the period of July to October 2020 alone, some 30 boat departures from Lebanon were reported.
Four Palestinian families are facing the risk of deportation from Lebanon after they were pushed back from Cyprus.
The four families illegally entered Lebanon and risk to be forced back to Syria.
According to data provided by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), some 1,162 migrants — the vast majority of them Syrian refugees, with smaller numbers of Lebanese citizens, Palestinian refugees and other nationalities — attempted to reach Cyprus by sea from Lebanon between January 2020 and the beginning of June 2021, with 414 of those departing in 2021.
By comparison, a total of 290 people were recorded as attempting the journey in 2019 and 490 in 2018. In terms of the number of boats departing, there were 17 vessels recorded in 2019 and 21 in 2018, while in the period of July to October 2020 alone, some 30 boat departures from Lebanon were reported.
