The UN migration agency found that conditions have worsened for Lebanon’s migrant workers due to these crises. Many have lost their jobs and are struggling to afford basics such as paying rent, providing for their families, and accessing vital healthcare.
The report, conducted between October 2020 and February 2021, stressed the need to do more in assisting these migrants to return home if they wish. It found that half of the migrants spoken to expressed willingness to return to their home countries, but that there were no means to do so.
The report appears to deal primarily with economic migrants to the country and not those fleeing fighting and oppression in neighboring Syria.