Conflict Incident Report

Army: Lebanese boat smuggling people to Turkey arrested off Tyre

Date of incident:

October 23, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Lebanese Civilians

Syrian Civilians/Refugees

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

A military navy patrol at dawn arrested a Lebanese boat smuggling 36 individuals to Turkey two miles off Tyre coast, a communiqué by the Lebanese army indicated on Friday.

Migrants included 14 Palestinians coming from Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, 21 Palestinians from Lebanon, and a Lebanese citizen, noting that the boat was made to fit for 10 people merely.

In a subsequent communiqué, the army indicated that its Intelligence managed to apprehend this morning in Sidon a smuggling ring of five people, involved in the illegal trip to Turkey.

Investigations are still underway.
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/51623/Army-Lebanese-boat-smuggling-pe...

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Secondary Category:

Illicit Trade/Trafficking/Smuggling

Classification of conflict (primary):

Border conflicts (Syrian border)

Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Individual acts of violence

Violent incidents which do not have a specific or a known political agenda but are caused by the general proliferation of weapons, of trained and untrained soldiers or militants, by the general inefficiency of the Justice system, and past-traditions and histories of violence within society.

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Army: Lebanese boat smuggling people to Turkey arrested off Tyre