Official clarification on closure of Syrian businesses in the North and women of Beirut suburb protest against Syrian labor

Following the debate caused by the decision to close Syrian-run businesses in Tripoli (c.f: http://bit.ly/2kmND3S  ) the Minister of Labor issued last Friday, a clarification statement saying that the closures followed a series of warnings addressed to the owners urging them to comply with current laws related to work permits. The Statement went on to say that the intention of the Ministry of Labor is not to undermine livelihoods, but to implement laws in effect concerning foreign labor, adding that the ministry is in favor of legal and honest competition under the rule of law. 

Along the same lines, a number of women, whose identity was not identified, blocked the road of Suq Al Jammal in Shiyah southern suburb of Beirut, yesterday in protest against Syrian labor. According to the ‘Al-Nashra’ website, demonstrators threatened to escalate their action and forcibly evict Syrians if authorities do favorable respond to residents’ demands. (Al-Diyar, January 21 and 24, 2017)

 

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