Lebanon/Cyprus: Refugees Pulled Back, Expelled, Then Forced Back to Syria

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Lebanese army ships search for bodies at sea on April 24, 2022, after a migrant boat sunk in the waters off the northern city of Tripoli. © 2022 CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock (Beirut) – The Lebanese Armed Forces and Cypriot authorities work together to keep refugees from reaching Europe, then deport them to danger in Syria, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.The 90-page report, “‘I Can’t Go Home, Stay Here, or Leave’: Pushbacks and Pullbacks of Syrian Refugees from Cyprus and Lebanon,” documents why Syrian refugees in Lebanon are desperate to leave…

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