100 asylum seekers, including 30 Palestinian refugees, were arrested by the Lebanese authorities as they were trying to sail to Italy.Â
The migrants are detained at a custody in the seaport.
On August 22, a number of Palestinian refugees from Syria sheltered in Naher AlBared camp, in Lebanon, boarded a vessel bound for Italy, in a trip costing up to 6,500 USD.
Their families continue to appeal to the Lebanese authorities and international humanitarian organizations to work on their immediate release.