Here's one massive thing that the Lebanese government must be forced to do which it is absolutely not doing: it must decriminalize migrant labor. There are now hundreds if not thousands of migrant domestic workers who would be arrested if they tried to go home because 1/3
They have fled abusive Lebanese households and therefore, under the country's racist Kafala system, are now illegal in Lebanon. Many of them have their passports confiscated by their former Lebanese employers and can't travel without risking arrest in Lebanon. 2/3
Governments such as Nigeria's and Sri Lanka's and Ethiopia's, in addition to the 'international community' sending money to Lebanon, can very easily pressure the Lebanese government to do this. They simply choose not to.
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This is something else that's very important. Lebanon's General Security has built a reputation by harassing migrant domestic workers https://twitter.com/ThisIsLebanonLB/status/1293713623404163073?s=19
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