Conflict Incident Report

ISF Detains 3 Females Linked to Illegal Smuggling of Palestinians, Lebanese to Libya

Date of incident:

March 12, 2015

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

ISF(internal security forces)

Lebanese Civilians

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

Internal Security Forces Intelligence Branch detained on Thursday three women in the southern port city of Sidon linked to the smuggling of Lebanese and Palestinian people to Italy on a ferry traveling from Libya. Two Lebanese women identified as Ghinwa Z. and Rita R., who own a traveling agency, and a Palestinian female Hasibay H. were arrested by police in Sidon, media reports said. The state-run National News Agency said that a Sudanese national was also arrested. Investigations are underway with the detainees on charges of facilitating the illegal traveling of people to Libya. Media reports pointed out that the migrants have been leaving Lebanon to Sudan illegal then entering Libya through the desert and off to Italy via the sea. A ferry carrying illegal migrants, including Lebanese and Palestinians, traveling from Libya to Italy sank off the port of Sabratha. The southern Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh announced on Monday the survival of seven illegal Palestinian immigrants on the ferry, while a person was still missing. H.K. G.K.

Source Link:

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/171127-isf-detains-3-females-l…

Primary category:

Arrest/Detention

Classification of conflict (primary):

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.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Conflicts of social discrimination

Violent and unjust treatment of different categories of people and individuals based on race, age, gender or sexuality, committed by the State, groups and individuals, related to a lack of protection and rights, inefficiency of the Justice system and persisting social and economic vulnerabilities.

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Conflict Incident Report

ISF Detains 3 Females Linked to Illegal Smuggling of Palestinians, Lebanese to Libya