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The Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyah, said: "45 people rescued (and recovered) the body of a baby girl"after their boat sank off Tripoli cityemphasizing that "The search is still going on" for the rest of the passengers. The minister explained that the boat was carrying about 60 passengers.
revealed Lebanese Red Cross For Sky News Arabia, a boat sank in the port of Tripoli with about 60 people on board. He added that since after sunset on Saturday, ambulances have been following up on rescue operations.
The Red Cross said earlier that it had sent 10 ambulances to the port of Tripoli.
ويتولى Lebanese army Trying to save the people who drowned in port city of TripoliThe port was closed and only ambulances were allowed in and out.
In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the Lebanese Cabinet said that Prime Minister Najib Mikati is following up on the sinking of a boat carrying passengers that was launched illegally from the Qalamoun area, south of Tripoli.
According to the Lebanese News Agency, the fate of about 15 people on board the boat is still unknown. People from the families of some passengers gathered to check on their relatives, but they were also prevented from entering the port.
An eyewitness told Sky News Arabia, "Tripoli was stricken on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, and that political officials bear responsibility for the flight of citizens".
And he said Mayor of Tripoli Riyad Yamaq told Sky News Arabia that the boat had set off illegally from the town of Qalamoun, and that such cases were always repeated because of the crisis, and that families, most of them of Syrian nationality, as well as Lebanese families were on board the boat.
He was surprised by the presence of such a large number of people on board the boat, amid still conflicting information about the number of passengers and the number of deaths until now.
Security sources told Sky News Arabia that the causes of the sinking are still unknown, and it is likely that the reason was the large number of passengers on board the small boat.
she says The United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesAt least 1,570 people, including 186 Lebanese, left Lebanon or attempted to leave irregularly by sea between January and November 2021.
Lebanon, which has a population of about six million people, is suffering an unprecedented financial crisis, which the World Bank says is on a scale usually witnessed by countries living in wars.
Most of the irregular migrants go to the island of Cyprus, which is a member of the European Union, which is 175 km from the coast of Lebanon. The number of these migrants in 2019 reached about 270, including 40 Lebanese.
Most of those trying to leave Lebanon by sea are Syrian refugees, but numbers Lebanese among them is increasing.
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And the Lebanese Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ali Hamiyah, said that “45 people were rescued (and the body of a girl was recovered)”, after their boat sank off the coast. Tripoli cityHe stressed that “the search is still going on” for the rest of the passengers. The minister explained that the boat was carrying about 60 passengers.
revealed Lebanese Red Cross For Sky News Arabia, a boat sank in the port of Tripoli with about 60 people on board. He added that since after sunset on Saturday, ambulances have been following up on rescue operations.
The Red Cross said earlier that it had sent 10 ambulances to the port of Tripoli.
ويتولى Lebanese army Trying to save the people who drowned in port city of TripoliThe port was closed and only ambulances were allowed in and out.
In a statement posted on its Facebook page, the Lebanese Cabinet said that Prime Minister Najib Mikati is following up on the sinking of a boat carrying passengers that was launched illegally from the Qalamoun area, south of Tripoli.
According to the Lebanese News Agency, the fate of about 15 people on board the boat is still unknown. People from the families of some passengers gathered to check on their relatives, but they were also prevented from entering the port.
An eyewitness told Sky News Arabia, “Tripoli was devastated on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, and that political officials bear responsibility for the flight of citizens.”
And he said Mayor of Tripoli Riyad Yamaq told Sky News Arabia that the boat had set off illegally from the town of Qalamoun, and that such cases were always repeated because of the crisis, and that families, most of them of Syrian nationality, as well as Lebanese families were on board the boat.
He was surprised by the presence of such a large number of people on board the boat, amid still conflicting information about the number of passengers and the number of deaths until now.
Security sources told Sky News Arabia that the causes of the sinking are still unknown, and it is likely that the reason was the large number of passengers on board the small boat.
she says The United Nations High Commissioner for RefugeesAt least 1,570 people, including 186 Lebanese, left Lebanon or attempted to leave irregularly by sea between January and November 2021.
Lebanon, which has a population of about six million people, is suffering an unprecedented financial crisis, which the World Bank says is on a scale usually witnessed by countries living in wars.
Most of the irregular migrants go to the island of Cyprus, which is a member of the European Union, which is 175 km from the coast of Lebanon. The number of these migrants in 2019 reached about 270, including 40 Lebanese.
Most of those trying to leave Lebanon by sea are Syrian refugees, but numbers Lebanese among them is increasing.