Migrant crisis in Lebanon worsens as more workers dumped on the streets

Thousands of migrant workers in Lebanon are struggling to secure repatriation flights home as poverty and unemployment soar with the collapse of the local currency. Lebanon has long been home to a large migrant labour workforce, mostly hailing from Africa and Asia, who come to the tiny Mediterranean country for several years to earn US dollars to send home in remittances. But as the economy has nosedived many Lebanese have been forced to give up their staff. Three weeks ago employers began to abandon Ethiopian domestic workers outside the embassy. Since then, Ethiopian Airlines has more than...