Lebanon’s ‘boat people’: Desperate Tripoli residents attempt sea crossing to Europe

Hundreds of impoverished Lebanese people have recently tried to make the sea crossing from the northern port city of Tripoli…

Hundreds of impoverished Lebanese people have recently tried to make the sea crossing from the northern port city of Tripoli to Cyprus in order to escape the country’s financial meltdown. FRANCE 24 met three of them in Tripoli after they were sent back by Cypriot authorities.