Video Period 25 minutes 40 seconds
Dozens of migrants drown as their boat sinks on solution to Europe.
Lebanon’s financial meltdown is pushing extra folks to take harmful sea journeys to hunt higher lives overseas.
Dozens drowned off the coast of Syria within the worst capsizing of a migrant boat this 12 months.
The vessel carrying as much as 150 Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees and migrants had sailed from Tripoli, the poorest metropolis in Lebanon.
Many reportedly paid smugglers hundreds of {dollars} to take them to Europe.
Years of battle, sectarian violence and corruption have led to Lebanon’s financial collapse.
The foreign money has misplaced 95 % of its worth, and most of the people can not afford meals, clear water or drugs.
Can something forestall folks from taking dangerous boat journeys?
Presenter: Imran Khan
Friends:
Zeina Mohanna – Board member, Amel Affiliation Worldwide
Patrick Mardini – President and founder, Lebanese Institute for Market Research
Bente Scheller – Director, Heinrich Böll Basis’s Center East workplace in Beirut
