Posted on 09/13/2016 8:08:31 PM PDT by Lorianne
Faced with one of the most severe refugee crises in the world, Lebanon has been toughening up its policies towards Syrians who have fled there, leaving many in an increasingly vulnerable state.
In one of the latest examples, authorities in the southern village of Kfarruman gave those who did not have a local sponsor 15 days to leave.
I put it to Khalil Gebara, the interior minister's adviser for municipal affairs, that the move was illegal.
"If we're going to be literal about it, yes," he told me.
"But reality is one thing and the law is another," he added. "Our role is to balance the reality of people's fears against the law. We're always looking for the middle ground."
Kfarruman may have taken things further than other municipalities, but the trend is nationwide.
Municipal police have been cracking down on Syrian refugees and local authorities have been imposing curfews, often on security grounds.
Ghida Frangieh, a lawyer with the non-governmental organisation Legal Agenda, said municipalities had no authority to impose curfews, either on Lebanese citizens or foreigners.
Yet municipalities across the country have persisted in the practice, with no consequences.
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The Syrian people suffer so much. Most of the refugees are entirely innocent people. Unfortunately, among them are a few unstable and violent types - who often are not really Syrian at all. This then leads to hatred against all of them.
No, we do not want them.
Muslims are trash. They are either true believers or are too stupid to understand how evil Islam is. The world would be better without them.
There are MILLIONS of military age fighting men invading Europe. That makes for an unstoppable army. If they cared anything about Syria, Syrian men would stay and fight. BUT. This is not about a refugee crisis. This is about conquering Europe.
How about these Syrians stay home and defend their own country? There is something seriously wrong with five million military-age men who run away from their homes and families, demand welfare, and refuse to do anything productive for either their homeland or the country that feeds them.
I think the ones going to Lebanon are REAL REFUGEES, rather than the colonializers going to Europe and North America. Sad for them.
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