Virgos Groove Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Quote European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global watchdog report published Wednesday. Quote The report, based on interviews with 16 Syrians who tried to leave Lebanon via smuggler boats, found that 15 of them "suffered human rights violations at the hands of Lebanese and/or Cypriot authorities." Quote In some cases, Syrian refugees who were caught by the Lebanese army attempting to leave to Cyprus by sea have been driven to the Lebanon-Syria border and dumped on the Syrian side, Human Rights Watch said. Allegedly, some of them were then detained by the Syrian army, while others were extorted by smugglers for passage back to Lebanon. Quote In some cases, Cypriot authorities forcibly prevented asylum seekers from landing, and in other cases they made it to shore but "were not given the opportunity to claim asylum" and instead were detained and then returned to Lebanon, where some were then deported to Syria, the report said. Quote The European Union and European countries gave Lebanon some 16.7 million euros ($18.5 million) from 2020 to 2023 for border management "mainly in the form of capacity-building projects explicitly aimed at enhancing Lebanon's ability to prevent irregular migration," the report said. In August, the European Union allocated another 32 million euros ($35.3 million) to "continue implementing border management enhancement projects in Lebanon through 2025," it said. Associated Press 1
RideOrDie Posted September 4 Posted September 4 the one time my dumbass country is in news is for violating human rights... you can't make this **** up
Pillz Posted September 4 Posted September 4 Lol it should be the filthy rich GCC countries taking them in, they should not be passing through the collapsing economy of Lebanon and a tiny divided island nation.
Princess Aurora Posted September 4 Posted September 4 (edited) Wow, that's crazy https://media.tenor.com/r6jeWaaRXdQAAAAd/katy-perry-cup.gif Edited September 4 by Princess Aurora
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