"Israeli bombs push Lebanon migrants out of shadows", 30 September 2024

In the chaos sweeping Lebanon, migrant workers from countries like Ethiopia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Sudan have emerged from the shadows as they flee Israel's aerial bombardment.

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Israeli bombing of Lebanon has displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

In the capital, displaced Lebanese are being housed in schools, shelters or hotels, often in precarious conditions, with some still sleeping on the streets.

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Lebanon hosts more than 160,000 migrants, 65 percent of them women, the International Organization for Migration reported last year.

There are likely even more, however, as many are undocumented or in legal limbo.

Most are in Lebanon under the "kafala" system, a sponsorship process that governs the presence of foreign workers but allows for numerous abuses, rights activists say.