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‘I Don’t Want This Fate For My Children’: Lebanese Leave Amid Growing Crisis


Read MoreIbrahim Lasheen, 22, is brought back to his hometown of Tripoli, Lebanon, in September. A U.N. naval force rescued him after he swam for 18 hours to seek help for dozens of fellow passengers crammed on a small fishing boat that ran out of fuel as it headed to Cyprus.

Dangerous sea crossings are occurring in unprecedented numbers. “I can’t believe that we’ve become that country where people feel like they have to escape,” says a Lebanese software engineer.

(Image credit: Hussein Malla/AP)

Dangerous sea crossings are occurring in unprecedented numbers. “I can’t believe that we’ve become that country where people feel like they have to escape,” says a Lebanese software engineer.