Refugee rights not up for debate

ENAR

I don’t know what this article is trying to say.

“….but these services have also been bolstered with international aid in response to the crisis”.

Are you seriously implying that “international aid” is going directly to the pockets of refugees or patching up the country in which they reside? Do you, or have you lived in this country or have had experience with how it really works behind the scenes? If not here’s a rundown.

International aid Start here —> Middleman EU/ Arab/ Lebanese / Syrian Negotiator (cut percentages here on each section) —-> Reaches Lebanon – Cut percentage on Politician A B C D E … —-> Reaches NGO’s Cut overwhelming percentages here ( I’ve experienced first hand how much money these guys make, most sitting on their laptops in some hotel in Ashrafieh and these are just the “employees”) If refugees leave so would their business, this is a fact —-> Reaches “runners” or “on the Ground men” As they would refer to them, these are the actual information and deed workers for NGO’s, Usually they are locals as they know their way around. So a cut also goes through them.
Finally a small portion of whatever is left in cash is left for basic income to certain chosen families, and the other aid in terms of food supplies will be delivered as required and everything in between to make it look good on paper. Rinse repeat recycle.

As you can see this leaves Zero room for any “international aid” going to the clean up or maintenance or patch ups of a city or a country in response to a refugee crisis.

And anyone saying that refugees are the sole responsibility of this government (as much as I dislike this government) is deluded. And what does it mean ” Refugees who want to return to Syria voluntarily are free to do so. But under international law…” If they decide to leave then they should be given that right and responsibility solely lies upon them, you don’t get to be the judge or jury or their white knight in shining armor, international or any other law should NOT interfere.

Lastly the entire world, Arab nations as well as Al-Qaeda, rebels and all the international money that went into the creation of the Syrian war did not shift Syrian government’s direction or opinion on things, you mean to tell me that the Lebanese government should impose negotiations over some “displaced refugees” whom are the least of the Syrian government’s concerns? It’s going to be played either by their terms or the highway. Sad reality but its a factual one. And as much as I despise the current governments both Lebanese and Syrian, I would not turn a blind eye to the claim that it is also of NGO’s great interest to continue having refugees in the country because so much profit can be made off of them.

So in a nutshell:

1 – Some Lebanese Politicians would love for the refugees to stay because they can A) make a profit B)Shift population based on certain demographics for political influence.

2 – NGO’s loves the status quo because of profit from international aid.

3 – Syrian government would prefer refugees to stay to continue weakening and destabilization of a country it sees should belong under their claws. Which it already does.

4 – International community would love to keep refugees from spilling over to their lands as well as some still would like to see the region under constant bombardment and shifting and weakening demographics..

So ALL are equally guilty here. Most of all the blind and corrupt International communities who ignited this useless war that they now lost in the first place and crying a river about it today.

I miss the days when journalism had a glimpse of neutrality and reasoning found among the commoners yet somehow absent in the eyes of the observer.

Finally STOP pretending you or anyone else cares about human rights or Refugees, today everything is viewed by the lens of interests and businesses by a few very powerful corporations who run countries anything else is a Utopian dream of a ten year old, if anyone truly cared about people, refugees wouldn’t have happened in the first place neither from Syria nor from Libya nor from Iraq, you name it.. The more you speak truthfully and bluntly the more readers will respect you.