WEEKLY NEWS REPORT: APRIL 5-11, 2021
An article by Al Jazeera reported the severe impact of the economic crisis on migrant workers, emphasizing the sharp devaluation of the Lebanese pound and the decrease of salaries and remittances as a result.
An article by Al Jazeera reported the severe impact of the economic crisis on migrant workers, emphasizing the sharp devaluation of the Lebanese pound and the decrease of salaries and remittances as a result.
Twenty six migrant workers were evacuated to Bangladesh, Ghana and Togo in the past week with the support of ARM.
Thirty migrant workers were evacuated to Bangladesh, Benin, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria in the past week with the support of ARM.
More Bangladeshi workers were evacuated on March 8 as part of the embassy’s evacuation plan.
10 migrant workers were evacuated to Bangladesh, Benin, Kenya, Sudan and Togo in the past week with the support of ARM.
23 migrant women and men were evacuated to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Nigeria, Sudan and Cameroon in the past week with the support of ARM and This Is Lebanon.
One Sudanese man and 5 Nigerian women were evacuated last week with the support of This Is Lebanon and ARM.
The first chartered evacuation flight to Bangladesh took place on February 15, carrying 432 Bangladeshi workers as part of the embassy’s plan to evacuate documented workers and those who could afford to pay for the tickets.
One Nepalese man and one Ethiopian woman were evacuated last week with the support of ARM.
نعمل في حركة مناهضة العنصرية بجهد على العديد من النشاطات والمبادرات المختلفة. معظم نشاطنا تعدّ في الإمكان بفضل فريق من المتطوعين/ات يعمل مع فريقنا الأساسي بشغف و إخلاص.
حركة مناهضة العنصرية هي حركة شعبيّة أنشأتها جهات شبابيّة ناشطة في لبنان بالتعاون مع عمّال وعاملات أجانب. نعمل معًا في الحركة على توثيق الممارسات العنصرية والتحقيق فيها وفضحها ومحاربتها من خلال مبادرات وحملات عديدة. تمّ إطلاق حركة مناهضة العنصرية عام 2010 عقب حادثة وقعت في أحد أكثر المنتجعات البحرية الخاصّة المعروفة في بيروت.