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With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers. (Photo by Ahmad Kaddoura/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs

With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
A view of wreckage of buildings after Israeli airstrike hit residential areas in the southern parts in Beirut, Lebanon. (Photo by Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israeli jets traumatise African migrant workers

Many of Lebanon’s domestic migrant workers are haunted by memories of the Beirut port explosion four years ago

4 min read