The number of deaths in the Syrian waters rose to 97

Syrian National Television reported on September 25 local time that the overwing incident of illegal immigration ships that occurred in the Syrian waters on the 22nd had killed 97 people, including women and children.As the search and rescue work has not yet been completed, the final number of deaths may also rise further.

It is understood that the ship has 120 to 150 illegal immigrants of different nationalities, and most of them hold passports such as Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.

At present, about 1 million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon.Since 2019, Lebanon's economy has been in trouble, and it has encountered a crackdown on the new crown epidemic and the Big Blog of Beirut Port. Lebanon's country's currency plummeted, inflation rates have soared, and shortages such as drugs, fuels and electricity are serious.Affected by this, the number of people trying to leave Lebanese through Sea Road, including a large number of Syrian refugees, Palestinian refugees and Lebanon people.

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