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Cultural and linguistic rapprochement.. the economic crisis pushes thousands of Lebanese to migrate to Iraq
Reports
Economy News - Baghdad
Today, Sunday, the French Press Agency published a press report that highlighted the influx of thousands of Lebanese to Iraq to work, in conjunction with the economic crisis that their country has been witnessing for two years.
And the agency states in its report, "On one day in the spring of 2021, Akram Johari carried his luggage and his Lebanese passport. He boarded the plane from Beirut to Baghdad without a prior plan, in search of work, after his salary in Lebanon did not support a family of two girls and two elderly parents."
And she added, "As a result of the ongoing crisis in Lebanon for nearly two years, which the World Bank has ranked among the worst in the world since 1850, Akram's salary, 42, is no longer worth a hundred dollars, with the value of the Lebanese currency declining by 90%. So he chose, like many others. From the Lebanese, travel."
"He left his job in Lebanon, and Baghdad was the most obvious choice for him: a nearby city with a nascent economic movement, and receiving the Lebanese with an entry visa at the airport," the report continues.
Akram tells AFP of the cafe he started running about a month ago on a commercial street in central Baghdad, "I didn't have enough time to look for work in the Gulf. I had to make a quick move. I came to Baghdad and started looking for work." On Instagram, until he gets the job.
And “the severe economic crisis that began more than two years ago is suffocating the Lebanese, 80% of whom are below the poverty line, and between June 2021 and February 2022, more than 20,000 Lebanese entered Iraq, according to the Iraqi authorities, without counting the visitors who visited Iraq.” They come to Najaf and Karbala," according to the report.
For his part, the Lebanese ambassador to Iraq, Ali Habhab, explains that the movement of the Lebanese to Iraq “recently doubled, and increased steadily, especially in the health sector,” as this applies especially to “dozens of Lebanese doctors who provide services and are considered visitors in Iraqi hospitals and medical centers.” .
In turn, the Iraqi economic expert Ali Al-Rawi believes that there is "a large space and greater opportunities for Lebanese companies in the Iraqi economy", because
"most foreign companies are afraid to invest" in the country because of the "image taken from the security situation."
The expert adds that the Lebanese companies "are more in contact with the Iraqi economy and know the investment environment well and coexist with it."
The cultural and linguistic rapprochement between Lebanon and Iraq contributes to facilitating the stability of Lebanese companies, according to the report.
Views 437 Date Added 03/04/2022
Cultural and linguistic rapprochement.. the economic crisis pushes thousands of Lebanese to migrate to Iraq
Reports
Economy News - Baghdad
Today, Sunday, the French Press Agency published a press report that highlighted the influx of thousands of Lebanese to Iraq to work, in conjunction with the economic crisis that their country has been witnessing for two years.
And the agency states in its report, "On one day in the spring of 2021, Akram Johari carried his luggage and his Lebanese passport. He boarded the plane from Beirut to Baghdad without a prior plan, in search of work, after his salary in Lebanon did not support a family of two girls and two elderly parents."
And she added, "As a result of the ongoing crisis in Lebanon for nearly two years, which the World Bank has ranked among the worst in the world since 1850, Akram's salary, 42, is no longer worth a hundred dollars, with the value of the Lebanese currency declining by 90%. So he chose, like many others. From the Lebanese, travel."
"He left his job in Lebanon, and Baghdad was the most obvious choice for him: a nearby city with a nascent economic movement, and receiving the Lebanese with an entry visa at the airport," the report continues.
Akram tells AFP of the cafe he started running about a month ago on a commercial street in central Baghdad, "I didn't have enough time to look for work in the Gulf. I had to make a quick move. I came to Baghdad and started looking for work." On Instagram, until he gets the job.
And “the severe economic crisis that began more than two years ago is suffocating the Lebanese, 80% of whom are below the poverty line, and between June 2021 and February 2022, more than 20,000 Lebanese entered Iraq, according to the Iraqi authorities, without counting the visitors who visited Iraq.” They come to Najaf and Karbala," according to the report.
For his part, the Lebanese ambassador to Iraq, Ali Habhab, explains that the movement of the Lebanese to Iraq “recently doubled, and increased steadily, especially in the health sector,” as this applies especially to “dozens of Lebanese doctors who provide services and are considered visitors in Iraqi hospitals and medical centers.” .
In turn, the Iraqi economic expert Ali Al-Rawi believes that there is "a large space and greater opportunities for Lebanese companies in the Iraqi economy", because
"most foreign companies are afraid to invest" in the country because of the "image taken from the security situation."
The expert adds that the Lebanese companies "are more in contact with the Iraqi economy and know the investment environment well and coexist with it."
The cultural and linguistic rapprochement between Lebanon and Iraq contributes to facilitating the stability of Lebanese companies, according to the report.
Views 437 Date Added 03/04/2022
