While local security officials admit that many foreign workers in Beirut are now missing and unable to be identified, an aid worker estimates the port explosion has also upended the accomodation of thousands of migrants.
"Thousands are homeless and starting to live in very overcrowded housing," said Tsigerda Birhanu from the local Egna Legna, a non-profit organisation set up to support foreign workers.
Many migrant domestic workers have been expelled by their employers after the blast, and the aid worker said that as many as 15 to 20 domestic workers now find themselves living in one room.