Syrian state television announces that the death toll of the migrant ship, which capsized off the northwestern city of Tartus after setting sail from Lebanon, has risen to 94 after bodies were recovered from the beach of Baniyas.
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Young men look out to sea near the Arida border crossing with Syria, 23 September 2022 (AFP)
Syrian state television said on Saturday that the death toll from the migrant boat, which capsized off the northwestern city of Tartus after setting sail from Lebanon, rose to 94 after a number of bodies was recovered from Banias beach on the Mediterranean coast.
Escape from death to death
A tragedy in every sense, may God have mercy on all the victims of the cursed boat #tartoso pic.twitter.com/Aj8Ljr4Asr– Meraa Alsamad (@ amayo3118) September 24, 2022
The crash of the sinking of the migrant boat is still interacting, then The Lebanese army announced, Today he arrested the person in charge of the smuggling of migrants, who was sunk in a boat off the coast of Syria.
#Syria #Lebanon : The number of confirmed deaths from the sinking of a boat carrying migrants off the Syrian coast near Tsrtus rises to 86 #tarto #Lebanon pic.twitter.com/3xwac6usI7
– sebastian usher (@sebusher) September 24, 2022
The Lebanese army said in a statement today Saturday that “on 9/21/2022, the intelligence directorate arrested citizen BD suspected of his involvement in trafficking in illegal immigrants across the sea. Following the investigation , has been shown to have been involved in managing a network active in smuggling illegal immigrants across the sea, starting from the Lebanese coast, which stretches from Arida in the north to Minya in the south.
On Thursday, the Syrian authorities found out Dozens of corpses outside the city of Tartus The coastal area, while others were rescued, by the passengers of the boat that set sail a few days ago from northern Lebanon. Estimates of its passenger numbers ranged from 100 to 150 people, including Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian refugees.
Lebanon is witness Significant increase in immigration ratesdriven by a devastating economic collapse, which has left large segments of the Lebanese people in poverty in recent years.
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