Beirut: «Al-Khaleej», agencies
Yesterday, Monday, rescue teams continued to search for people missing from the immigration boat accident that sank two days ago while the army was trying to arrest it off the Lebanese coast, with dozens of people on board, while the Lebanese cabinet is discussing, today, Tuesday, the repercussions of the security situation and the sinking of the immigration boat, at a time. The Minister of Energy and Water, Walid Fayyad, was insulted and beaten by an activist in the Lebanese movement, when he was leaving a Beirut restaurant. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Migration Agency need to support Lebanon.
Funeral of the victims
While most of the passengers were rescued, at least seven have died so far in the drowning incident, which is the worst in years, especially with the repeated attempts of illegal immigration by sea, to escape the economic collapse that has afflicted Lebanon since the summer of 2019. He called on the families of the deceased to “a day Anger” in Tripoli, in conjunction with the funeral of a number of victims, on Monday. The funeral of one of the victims in the Bab al-Tabbaneh area was accompanied by heavy gunfire in the air. Yesterday, Monday, the Director General of Tripoli Port, Ahmed Tamer, said, “The body of a woman from the Al-Nimr family was recovered yesterday from the Tripoli beach.” During the past two days, the army recovered the bodies of six people, including a girl. The Lebanese army continues, according to what it announced, “search operations by land, sea and air.” The circumstances of the accident are not yet clear. While the survivors accused the naval forces of sinking the boat while trying to arrest it, the army said that the captain of the boat carried out “maneuvers to escape … in a way that led to its crash.”
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organization for Migration expressed their deep sorrow over the sinking of the boat off the coast of Tripoli, and confirmed in a joint statement yesterday that they are following up with the relevant authorities to support the survivors of this tragic accident and the families of the victims, stressing that they will continue to work with refugees, migrants and host communities. To warn people of the dangers of irregular flights. In this context, the Council of Ministers will hold an extraordinary session this morning, Tuesday, headed by President Michel Aoun, to discuss the sinking of the boat off the coast of Tripoli and its repercussions, in addition to discussing the security situation in various Lebanese regions.
On the other hand, Minister Fayyad’s media office announced in a statement that “a well-known group of saboteurs or those who falsely call themselves “revolutionaries” attacked Minister of Energy and Water Walid Fayyad in an unprecedented manner; So that Lebanon did not know these uncontrolled behavioral phenomena before.” He stressed that “arresting the aggressor or aggressors is not enough; Rather, he must be punished in the name of the Lebanese people to prevent a repetition of what happened, as people’s dignity, regardless of their position, is not dependent on anyone, especially unruly groups that transcend all laws, norms, morals and human values, claiming to speak falsely in the name of the Lebanese people.
“Capital Control” once more
In addition, the joint parliamentary committees are completing today the study of the “Capital Control” bill in conjunction with a protest stand at the entrance to the House of Representatives, at the invitation of the “Depositors’ Rights Committee – Beirut Bar Association”, to prevent the law from being passed and to support representatives of the Bar Association and the Federation of Free Professions Syndicates who They will engage in confrontation from within the House of Representatives.
