Urgent Call: IOM Should Open Shelters for Displaced and Stranded Migrant Workers in Lebanon
The Political Economy of Anti-Syrian Hate in Post-Crisis Lebanon
09/09/2024
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The economic crisis in Lebanon has caused a significant shift in the Lebanese class structure, with many previously middle-class individuals now pushed to take working class jobs. This shift has not been due to direct competition with Syrian workers but rather to the overall contraction of the economy and the scarcity of employment opportunities.
The Lebanese ruling class has been attempting to solidify its position by exploiting Syrian labor and spreading anti-Syrian hate, while continuing to avoid the need for structural economic reforms. This strategy attempts to divert public attention from the root causes of the economic crisis in order to pit different segments of the working class against each other
This report contributes new insights by contextualizing the plight of Syrian refugees
within the broader dynamics of Lebanon’s economic crisis and the structure of the
Lebanese economy. Unlike previous studies that often isolated the refugee issue from
Lebanon’s structural economic problems, this analysis demonstrates how the refugees’ situation illuminates the failings and exploitative nature of the Lebanese economy
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