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The announcement contributed to spreading an atmosphere of confusion, anxiety and anger in the Lebanese street, and the rejection of the idea spread "prison in Lebanon" As one of the citizens said, who is waiting for the date of issuing a new passport for him after two months, according to the special platform for that, while he will miss a job opportunity in one of the Arab countries.
More than half of the Lebanese people aspire to emigrate, according to his latest opinion poll "Arab Barometer"It is an institution that has the largest amount of data available on citizens’ opinions.
and flag location "Sky News Arabia" Concerned sources said that Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi signed a contract with the company entrusted with printing passports after receiving it from the Audit Bureau, which means that the crisis is on its way to a solution soon.
The General Directorate of Public Security had earlier launched a digital platform to register requests for access to Travel permitAfter the massive attack from the Lebanese to renew their passports or obtain new ones.
And before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, it was first announced that this platform would stop working "Until those concerned secure the required funds, to implement the contract with the company that was contracted to complete the passports".
And under the title "خبر سار"Two days ago, Lebanese media published news that the Council of Ministers is asking to pay 300 billion pounds to the French company that will print passports, to buy 400,000 new models.
The value of the required amount, which the Director General of Public Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim confirms that he is stuck in the Ministry of Finance, is about $15 million.
Ibrahim had indicated in a previous television interview that the issue may require legal amendments, describing the crisis as"complex"And he revealed the arrest of soldiers who colluded or facilitated the work "passport brokers"in preparation for their referral to the Disciplinary Council.
The General Directorate of Public Security said in a statement that the year 2020 "It witnessed great pressure on passport applications, which exceeded tens of times in previous years, which affected its passport stock".
On the other hand, the head of a family said that he decided to travel with his children outside Lebanon to the website "Sky News Arabia"that "The Lebanese are already suffering greatly from their passport, which requires many humiliating procedures to obtain a visa to visit any country, while citizens of all countries are allowed to enter Lebanon without a visa, in the blatant absence of the principle of reciprocity.".
Assistant Professor at Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Administration and Entrepreneurship, who specializes in governance, Tariq Al-Masry, said: "The passport crisis in Lebanon is caused by an imbalance between supply and demand, and the problem is with the supply from the state because it lacks sufficient quantities that meet the requirement, and it does not have the hard currency to pay the cost of printing it.".
As for the split in the crisis related to the demand from citizens, Al-Masry explained in an interview with the website "Sky News Arabia"that "The demand for passports increased due to the recent crisis, so many decided to travel collectively due to the lack of job opportunities, which contributed to the increase in demand for passports".
He added: "dollar Today, it is more than 26,000 pounds, which means that the cost of a Lebanese passport is $46 on the exchange rate, which makes it 99th out of 165 in the world in terms of cost, meaning that it is considered, compared to others, cheap and affordable.".
Egyptian seal: "It is unfortunate that the Lebanese passport is in the seventh worst center in the world, and despite that it represents a bridge to escape and escape, and this is what has increased the demand for it.".
The Lebanese have been scrambling since the explosion Beirut port To renew their passports or issue new ones, because they do not feel safe, especially as a result of the continuous exacerbation of the financial and economic crisis.
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The announcement contributed to spreading an atmosphere of confusion, anxiety and anger in the Lebanese street, and the rejection of the idea of ”imprisonment in Lebanon” spread LebanonAs one of the citizens said, who is waiting for the date of issuing a new passport for him after two months according to the special platform for that, while he will miss a job opportunity in one of the Arab countries.
More than half of the Lebanese people aspire to emigrate, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by the “Arab Barometer”, an institution that has the largest amount of data available on citizens’ opinions.
Sky News Arabia learned from concerned sources that Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi signed a contract with the company entrusted with printing passports after he arrived from the Audit Bureau, which means that the crisis is on its way to a solution soon.
The General Directorate of Public Security had earlier launched a digital platform to register requests for access to Travel permitAfter the massive attack from the Lebanese to renew their passports or obtain new ones.
And before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, it was first announced that this platform would be suspended “until those concerned secure the required funds, to implement the contract concluded with the company that was contracted to complete the passports.”
Under the headline “Good news”, Lebanese media published two days ago news that the Council of Ministers is asking to pay 300 billion pounds to the French company that will print passports, to buy 400,000 new models.
The value of the required amount, which the Director General of Public Security Major General Abbas Ibrahim confirms that he is stuck in the Ministry of Finance, is about $15 million.
Ibrahim had indicated in a previous television interview that the issue may require legal amendments, describing the crisis as “complicated”, and revealed the arrest of military personnel who colluded or facilitated the work of “passport brokers”, in preparation for their referral to the Disciplinary Council.
The General Directorate of Public Security said in a statement that the year 2020 “has witnessed great pressure on passport applications, which exceeded tens of times in previous years, which affected its passport stock.”
On the other hand, the head of a family who decided to travel with his children outside Lebanon told “Sky News Arabia”, that “the Lebanese are already suffering greatly from their passport, which requires many humiliating procedures to obtain a visa to visit any country, while citizens of all countries are allowed to enter Lebanon from without a visa, in the flagrant absence of the principle of reciprocity.”
The assistant professor at Prince Mohammed bin Salman College of Management and Entrepreneurship, who specializes in governance, Tariq Al-Masry, said that “the passport crisis in Lebanon is caused by an imbalance between supply and demand, and the problem is with the state’s supply because it lacks sufficient quantities that meet the requirement, and it does not have the hard currency to pay.” cost of printing.
As for the part of the crisis related to the demand from citizens, Al-Masry explained in an interview with “Sky News Arabia”, that “the demand for passports increased due to the recent crisis, so many decided to travel collectively due to the lack of job opportunities, which contributed to the increase in the demand for passports.”
He added: “dollar Today, it is more than 26,000 pounds, which means that the cost of a Lebanese passport is $46 on the exchange rate, which makes it 99th out of 165 in the world in terms of cost, meaning that it is considered, compared to others, cheap and affordable.
Al-Masry concluded: “It is unfortunate that the Lebanese passport is in the seventh worst position in the world, and despite that it represents a bridge to escape and escape, and this is what has increased the demand for it.”
The Lebanese have been scrambling since the explosion Beirut port To renew their passports or issue new ones, because they do not feel safe, especially as a result of the continuous exacerbation of the financial and economic crisis.