Tuesday, April 29, 2014

If Lebanon is Such a Great Place, Why are Lebanese People moving to Other Countries?

We always hear people saying, "Lebanon is a good place to visit, but it is not a good place to live." Why is that? Why are Lebanese people moving to other countries? Why is Lebanon losing its youth?

For every cause there is an effect and for every emigrant there is a motive. Lebanese People have their reasons that push them to leave without any kind of retraction. Let's discover together some of the major reasons: 


  • Inflation: The prices in Lebanon are very high and people can't afford that; yet no inflation targeting policy is available.
  • Unemployment: From personal experiences I've seen friends and family members graduating and sitting at their homes with no work.  
  • Electricity: The electricity in Lebanon is unbearable, sometimes it's only on for couple hours a day.
  • Connections: I don't think this really needs an example, I am sure we all know someone who takes advantages from relationships with influential people.
  • Water: Even with Lebanon being a rich country with water, there are still parts of it where water is a scarcity and people have to suffer to get it.

However, these reasons were just a few out of many. Yes this is the case in Lebanon, and we all dream to have a better country one day!



2 comments:

  1. After mentioning these few out of many reasons Samar, sure we are not still waiting the answer on "Why are Lebanese People moving to Other Countries?"

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  2. These are some of the reasons and there are still many other reasons and I think the Lebanese government should provide solutions for these reasons to keep their citizens in Lebanon because Lebanon is losing many of it's intelligent people who are traveling to other countries and don't think to come back because of the circumstances in Lebanon.

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