The money will only solidify the corrupt elite’s power in Lebanon and fuel violence against citizens and refugees.
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Elia J Ayoub is a writer, researcher, and the founder of the podcast The Fire These Times. He holds a PhD in cultural analysis from the University of ... Zurich and is a contributor to numerous publications on Lebanon, Syria and Israel-Palestine. He is also an Affiliate Fellow of the Post Growth Institute and co-founder of From the Periphery media.
The money will only solidify the corrupt elite’s power in Lebanon and fuel violence against citizens and refugees.
The likes of Italy’s Meloni have portrayed themselves as defenders of Arab Christians, only to embrace their tormentors.
Lebanese and foreign workers should be afforded a life of dignity in Lebanon.
The migration policies of the European Union have directly resulted in slavery conditions for migrants in Libya.