Lebanon’s population is facing a deepening financial crisis that has made a dignified life difficult, pushing many – especially the young– risking everything to seek a way out in search of a better life.
Nearly 250,000 have escaped the economic crisis in recent years – and more people are risking more dangerous routes, to get out.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
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Don’t come to overhere,Europe it’s full.
So return the money stolen by your thief coloniser grandfathers
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود your own people made your country a sh hole don’t blame Europe for that
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود Islam is cursed.
@bro jwz2 And this has nothing to do with the fact that your coloniser grandparents were thieves 😄😄😄👍🏻 I’m not Lebanese either.
What a dreadful situation to be in 🌎🥺 so much suffering .
People in most nations say they worship & love God but are unable to live with the laws of God as handed down by the Prophet Moses. Believe in God but make your own political laws that quietly transgress the higher spiritual laws? Any nation with this prescription certainly not going to end well..
Wtf are you talking about?
What stupidity as if the god of Moses is universal to all mankind. What a kid of bullshit
Religion is opium for the masses, said some crazy dude. Religion is the single most effective tool to control and manipulate people. They will fight in the name of religion, they will obey their authority without asking any questions, and they will even blow themselves up when need be. For those in power, true believers are the best Useful Idiots.
@Yo2 Trader the people who said “religion is the opium of the masses” committed attrocities no religion has ever done or might ever do, so yeah
@Kay Jr slow down cowboy, religion did some awful things, I’m not atheist but I know where to point the finger at. God is great its just his followers who are nutz
Why don’t just merge with Israel
@D.J MAMBA of course. Israel have two israeli arab or palestinian like balad led by sami abu sehadeh and united joint arab list led by mansour abbas. Israel is secular. No hate speech. Yes there is jewish extremist and they already banned after cave of patriarch massacre. They also murder yitzhak rabin in 1995 for signing oslo accord with yasser arafat. I’m zionist. But they are traitor because they didn’t obeyed our leader. They are terrorist for us.
@E S Lol. Would you consider that palestinian official mansiur abbas in knesset israeli parliament? You wouldn’t find this in south africa apartheid regime. Nelson mandela even says that we can have our country israel and also palestinian beside us.
Did you ask Israel? Israel has no intension to do it. Israel can and also offered help but Hezbollah took it down. Get rid of Hezbollah and you will be on the right way to a better economy.
@guy Location shhh be quite you ignorant dog. Algebra and most root European intellect was invented by Arabs.
Great sympathy for my labonanese brothers 😔I wish I could do something for them
One day I will in sha Allah
Love from Pakistan
@Imtisal Fatima
Jazaakallah
First, do something for struggling Pakistan. Charity start at home. Anyway, you don’t have to do anything, just ask Allah. He can do miracles.
@globe trotter surely
Welcome them to Pakistan…
@Saracenkiller yes why not
I do welcome them just as we welcomed Afghan refugees
Religion creates divisions period. Embrace secularism and the country will thrive.
What? Lebanon is A Secular Country.. I Thought You Are Drunk🤣..Go to Lebanese restaurant,Shop and Bars Alcohol is Available there
Nothing will work in false arabe countries. A curse.
@KASRA Party of God
So why are there poor secular countries?
@globe trotter as an A level politics student I’m just simply going to laugh at the arrogance and generalization of your comment; not worth using brain power for you
DON’T get any funny ideas coming to Europe. Still busy dealing with the mess Merkel created! Okay maybe Christan Lebanese are welcome. The rest of you lot, KEEP OUT!
Go to Southeast Asia. Better treatment
Too far.
When you have a good government…corruption everywhere…shame
Make UK flood weather report
Lebanon is a failed state…. they should copy more Israel…from the dessert. to succes.
It’s sad. These people need help. I’m sure there are ways to give them work, make factories in Lebanon or something. Some of them could work in farms, provide for themselves and the community.
I’m curious why they choose europe not israel. Israel is close and bordered with lebanon. They can find job there.
@TJ Marx Totally agree. While French colonization, Israeli invasion, and Iranian interference in the past are to be blamed, the main issue is themselves. Failure to cooperate and organize is why Lebanon is a dysfunctional failed state.
@antonius samuelson They did. Till the time the Hezbollah arrived and blocks the way to Israel. They did good money in Israel and had good relationship with the Israelis.
@Yo2 Trader then it’s better to cut Lebanon into different parts( maybe based on religions?), let each part to rule by itself
So much has been wasted on Lebanon. No more bailouts.
why go to Europe ???go to QATAR or the Gulf States….
Or to israel.
Many of them are shias. You think Qatar would accept those who were with Hezbollah in Syria? They would kill them.
My heart broken with the last man Mustafa Habib. May ALLAH make easy for you and your family.
Hi
Keep asking him again, again and again.
Belief in that medieval desert doctrine is the very reason for their pathetic plight.. but you people just don’t seem to get it..
@Ganz Indeed and if you asked the people on this video what their opinion on Hizbollah is they would be cheering and praising the organization even though it is a very very large part of the problem(s) in the country. They’ve had decades to fix the problem, but decided it was a good idea to harbor a terrorist organization and now that organization has destroyed their country at least twice, and they have not learned anything.
Christians need to take back Lebanon,then it will be livable again, Islam destroyed Lebanon.
God bless the Christians of Lebanon
@Rocky Beio 🤣😂
@Rocky Beio have fun explaining that on the day of judgement
@Amoora Muhammad is a child molester.
All gods are fiction, like leprechauns and Jedi Knights.
@Michael McFeely yeah yeah we get it. A painting made itself without an artist.
*give Lebanon to Israel, get 🤑 money & go to Saudi ,quatar… it’s d only solution*
Agree.👍👍👍
Israel don’t need Lebanon. If the Lebanese want their economic back, they’ll have to get rid of Hezbollah.
the arabs will get NOTHING!!! hahaah
India has amassed $640 billion in forex reserves meanwhile Lebanon’s GDP is less than the net worth of the 90th richest Indian citizen. Therefore india should give the starving Lebanese people some food grains and vegetables as foreign aid.
If ordinary people can really get it. Otherwise into few hands only
India with a population of 1.5 billion is as poor on capita as Lebanon. Start helping your population first
@D.J MAMBA even the poorest indian would be richer than the richest Lebanese. India with a billion plus people have $13 trillion in total wealth modification with makes up it’s stock market capitalization.
You beggars need some food grains or some medicines 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pathetic, these indians feel proud when comparing themselves to countries with economic crisis’s. Whats next? India is richer than syria? These 2 nations were far wealthier (especially lebanon) than india. The reason your kind makes these comparisons is that you are so emotionally damaged by getting bullied by white people online. Now your people non-stop lick the foot of israel and europe. Take of your own people first 😂 you come from india. Need i say more?
They should go to other Arab or muslim countries. Why go to land of infidels and enemies like europe or america?
romanians from outside romania sent in 2021 without the cash , 5 billion $ . if 250.000 of this ppl are already gone , lol take care actually if u wanna go in other countrys too. i wouldn´t call this such a dreadful situation , only if theyr country will not survive.
Why is Mustafa crying in the street to a camera about leaving Lebanon as if that will actually solve his problems? Why aren’t Mustafa and his friends banding together with other Lebanese to stand for office and create meaningful change in the country.
Why flee the ship instead of trying to stabilise it so it can limp back for repairs?
Crocodile tears. All Lebanese are desprate to leave land of happiness and plenty.
Do you live with us on planet earth ? They already did countless armed protests but martyred by the corrupted governmental militias.
Blame Islam
Islam modernised the world during the medeival ages. The problem is that they lost their power and are abused by the Anglo saxons for profit. Fyi, I am not a Muslim
Not Islam. Hezbollah.
That’s Islam for you
Most of, if not all, arabised (false arabe) countries have been suffering for donkey’s years. Their useless leadership are good for two things only, CORRUPTION and OPRESSION.
Interested how Europe is the most desirable destination. How about your fellow Islamic cult lands in the Middle East? At least, denounce that backward ideology Islam before you try to enter no. Islamic countries.
Or maybe israel.😁
Ok so if i got 1000$ for shoping a month buying a 50$ ship is like playing right , and u see like usa shows were they make like hamburgers , and in usa they got only like 1 kind of like salamy in shops , not like in some countrys where u can chose of many kinds , so those ppl on tv would look more than playing maybe , but thats because of salamy stuff too , and that wich u see on me that u fall on ur back is called tempest , like more work more tempest , so those hands movement of those ppl hit ur women , so we should kill usa.
The adventurous Phoenician seafaring spirit lives on.
I though Hezbollah saved Lebanon. Hope Germany enjoys them because they certainly ain’t going to Tehra or Qom.
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود you mean that just because jewish become majority it’s a problem. That’s not important. Although palestinian are minority they are our brothers. Oh yea i understand what you mean it’s palestinian land right? We are palestinian because the native of palestinian are cannanites and we are descendants of cannanites according archeological evidence who broke bible view. Bible always different with history even with science. You as muslim know that your quran says that Allah ask us to go to palestine. Although palestinian are from arab we accept them. What about mansour abbas? He’s pro zionist he love our country and wanted to solve the problem of economic inequality. People who want only jewish can live in israel are traitors. They are meir kahane followers. They killed our PM yitzhak rabin. They should serve israel but they dare to that. That’s why israel banned them someone want to build shrine of baruch goldstein israel bulldozed it. He is a shame for us. Don’t see fake news from al jazeera. It makes you can’t grow.😄
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود so wake up please.
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود Smith, Mark S. (2002). The Early History of God: Yahweh and Other Deities of Ancient Israel. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 6–7. ISBN 9780802839725. Retrieved 9 October 2018. Despite the long regnant model that the Canaanites and Israelites were people of fundamentally different culture, archaeological data now casts doubt on this view. The material culture of the region exhibits numerous common points between Israelites and Canaanites in the Iron I period (c. 1200–1000 BC). The record would suggest that the Israelite culture largely overlapped with and derived from Canaanite culture… In short, Israelite culture was largely Canaanite in nature. Given the information available, one cannot maintain a radical cultural separation between Canaanites and Israelites for the Iron I period.
@ASMM الجمعية الفلكية بمسجد محمود history that created us.🇮🇱
@antonius samuelson Yes, they have Arabs in their Parliament who are representing the local Arab population. Israel won’t let in about seven Million Arab refugees of 1948.
Lebanon is their place so they must roll-up their sleeves and work out their own problems. Stay there!
And make Hezbollah leave,
They want freeload from Europe.
Hold on to your pants europe shawarmas are coming!
Why only europ they should go to Qatar
Every member of this government needs a bullet in there head.
Burden of mere existence
That’s so sad, all these people want is to just live an average life. I pray things improve.
Stay in your own countries.
Fight the tyrants for your descendants.
Blame the globalists and religious issues.
The West is not responsible for you.
What goes around comes around.. these people treated Palestinians refugees so horribly in their country. Got zero sympathy for these people
Palestinian refugees started the civil war that turned Lebanon from a 1st world country to an absolute hellhole.
Hezbollah is the blame. Why has Allah allowed this? Does he not love his children?
Allah will help..
Ask him sincerely… increase your devotion to Him.. stand up in the night to pray.. don’t resort to sheesha or boats. Please don’t run to Europe or America… turn to Allah brothers and sisters. We make duas for you.
All gods are fiction.
@Michael McFeely Only One is not. And that is the Creator of the whole universe and all that is contained in it.
Why al jazeera sponsor Qatar takes these emigratans……just a show of hypocrisy
May Allah swt make it for my brothers and sisters in Lebanon make it easy for them and get them through this hardship mustafa brother may Allah swt bless your family with even more rizq and baraqah the dunya is so unjust rich just line their pockets up abd turn a blind eye whilst people like this suffer I hope they get the help they need inshallah
Go to Iran, Saudi Arabia, why Europe??
A boat on the Mediterranean Sea to go to Iran and Saudi?
@ألف ومية I think what he’s say there are plenty of stable and economically secure Arab/Muslim countries. Why is it instantly go to Europe? As if Europe wants or needs more refugees?
Go to other Muslim countries.
Immigration changes a country, and in most cases, not for the better. Europe should close its borders.
This is what will happen in Sri Lanka.
And these clowns wanted to destroy Israel.. look how they themselves ended up.. this is the result of that rabid hate propagated by their medieval beliefs! Can’t take care of their children? Now dump that responsibility on the German tax payer.. Mutti Merkel is there to help..
I weep for you, my brothers. I pray that Allah will continue to give you the strength to face the enormous challenges in your lives and hopefully it will be better in the future for you and your families, in sha Allah. Respect from your Christian brother from the Philippines.
Really u Christian 🧐
We do not want you in Europe go to Saudi arabia
In the early 2010s immigrants were warned of the lasting effect of all the protests against European ways of life and freedom of expression but they did not listen. Europe took refugees in the hundreds of thousands and would’ve taken more. But instead of appreciating it, they caused absolute chaos. Even to a nation as peaceful as Sweden that gave them everything, housing, food and education!
Now the world got fed up and everyone is closing their doors. Massive border fences are being erected Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy, Poland, France etc even Iran!
All immigrants had to do was integrate. But arrogance did now allow it and all sympathy is gone. You said your way of life was superior, so prove it then. No more begging.
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They can’t grow food ? It looks green to me
There are many rich Arab countries. And some of them are very strict, just the most like it, right?
Less freedoms for the masses, the better.
Go to those Arab countries.
حسبنا الله ونعم الوكيل
Take the Lebanese Christians and not the others it’s to dangerous. The man at the end was really heart breaking.
🤣😂🤣👍
What do you expect a country run by corrupt politicians? Their former prime Minister gave $16 million dollars to prostitute
Please go to wealthy Muslim countries
Who wants to to apartheid ghettos?
In Europe people insult islam and your prophet.
Have you no shame and no dignity and you still want to go to Europe?
Go to other Arab countries.
where’s hezbollah in all this? they need to step up
Europe is also becoming poor now and is NOT a good place. Very cold. Food no good. Go to rich Arab countries like Qatar, much better.
Go to Europe and US. They really need Sharia there.
I love the way the Middle East slags off the west yet runs to it when there’s trouble. Stay and fight the good fight and stand up for your country
Let left out lebanon. Just Hizbullah stay in
Peace in Lebanon will come only when the West leaves
Lebanon cries. Politicians don’t care.
The man who clams he cannot feed his children looks like he feeds himself well.
Ya Allah. May Allah give the people of Lebanon justice and ease.
Instead if buying money for a boat, why not plant seeds and cultivate the land!!
Dear Lebanese, Punish your government by not paying ANY taxes. When politicians dont get money, they will act.
يااا الله يامالك الملك ياخالق الخلق ياحي ياقيوم اغث إخوتنا المظلومين في كل مكان ياذا الجلال والإكرام
This will happen in europe and the whole world also soon
Identify the incentives for immigration to Europe, and then turn off the magnets. For example, Russia is not an asylum destination, and there is a reason for that.
The other side is a multi millionaires junni
So millions of lebanese cannot work together to get rid of current ciminal govt .. because people are divided & the politicians are laughing all the way to the 10s of billions —-stolen lebanese people’s savings—- already sitting in foreign banks.