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Since the beginning of last August, the Syrian government, through Decree No. “46” of July 8, 2020, forced its citizens who wish to enter their country to dispose of $ 100 based on the official exchange rate established by the Central Bank of Syria, which is often half the black market exchange rate.
The scene at the “Arida” and “Jdeidet Yabous” crossings in northeast Lebanon is summed up in the fact that the stranded are families, women and children, who used to live in Lebanon and their financial conditions worsened due to successive crises , in particular the bombing of the port of Beirut in the last 4 years, and the increase in unemployment and poverty rates due to the decrease in its value. The Lebanese pound against the dollar.
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And the director of the Department of Immigration and Passports of Syria, Naji Al-Numair, said in a statement to a local radio, last Thursday, that “the instructions require the return of those who do not have the $ 100 from where they came, but the The Lebanese part does not accept the return of the Syrians, and therefore of the Syrian who does not have the required amount. One option would be to contact one of your family or friends to bring you the $ 100, then you would spend it and then enter your country.
Al-Numeir added: “The Syrian who is not allowed to enter is trapped, which means he remains at the border, leads his life as usual and eats his food and drink.”
The latter’s words caused a wave of indignation among Syrians, who considered this amount as a “legal bribe” and could not be imposed on the citizen who lost all their human rights inside and outside their country, according to themselves.
The amount is exclusively in dollars
The Al-Hurra website learned that passersby must deliver the required amount exclusively in US dollars, noting that the ministerial decree stipulated that the amount be paid in its equivalent in other foreign currencies, to the border detachment, which in turn delivers them a receipt valid for only 6 hours.
Shoot anyone who tries to get in
Sources revealed to the “Al-Hurra” website that the Syrians were stranded on the roads and do not have enough food or drink, and there is an old deserted building where some women sleep at night, confirming that “there were attempts to sneak in through the Jadidah Yabous crossing, but the Syrian army fired warning shots to keep them away. ” And forcing them to return, as if they were illegal immigrants ”.
“His passport does not even allow him to enter Syria.”
In this context, (Dr. H), a young Syrian who left for her country due to the high cost of living in Lebanon, leaving her younger sister in Beirut, said in an interview with the Al-Hurra website: “ My sister doesn’t have enough to eat one meal a day, so her work has stopped. Two weeks ago. “
(Dh) added: “Living in Beirut is expensive and prices are going up, how do we pay it back, when I and my family don’t have half the required amount.”
Young Bashar Ahmed (used to work in a Lebanese restaurant) said, in an interview with the Al-Hurra website, that “the army (compulsory military service) is no longer the only reason not to return, where do we get the dollars from? when they are not in the possession of the Lebanese?
The role of the High Commissioner for Refugees
In a related context, lawyer Nancy Al-Mawla explained, in an interview with Al-Hurra, that “the High Commissioner for Refugees does not intervene if the refugee is returning to the country from which he fled as a result of some persecution,” noting that “By extension, the assistance provided by UNHCR For registered refugees, its value does not reach the required amount.”
