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TASHNAQ EXPLAINS DECISION ON FOREIGN WORKERS IN BOURJ HAMMOUD
NOW LEBANON
Oct 31 2011
The Tashnaq Party on Monday denied media reports the party "is kicking
out" Kurds living in Bourj Hammoud, Dora and Nabaa, saying instead
the issue is "related to the reorganizing of the area."
"The issue is [only] related to the reorganizing of the
areas... considering the increased number of foreign workers who
live there.
The number of [foreign workers] living in one or two-room apartments
can exceed 15, which annoys [other] people living in these buildings,"
the party said.
The statement added that foreign workers do not have legal standing
with the local municipalities to rent apartments in Bourj Hammoud,
Dora or Nabaa.
"The area has been [transformed] from a residential one into one full
of foreigners who do not have legal residency in Lebanon. Upon the
citizens' demands... and the party's concerns... [we have] requested
the municipality to end the abnormal situation."
The party added that there are no political, ethnic or sectarian
motives behind its request.
Future News television quoted on Saturday Syrian Kurdish people as
saying that a Tashnaq-related group informed Syrian Kurdish families
living in Bourj Hammoud "of the importance to evacuate their rented
houses in the area."
-NOW Lebanon
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=327945
NOW LEBANON
Oct 31 2011
The Tashnaq Party on Monday denied media reports the party "is kicking
out" Kurds living in Bourj Hammoud, Dora and Nabaa, saying instead
the issue is "related to the reorganizing of the area."
"The issue is [only] related to the reorganizing of the
areas... considering the increased number of foreign workers who
live there.
The number of [foreign workers] living in one or two-room apartments
can exceed 15, which annoys [other] people living in these buildings,"
the party said.
The statement added that foreign workers do not have legal standing
with the local municipalities to rent apartments in Bourj Hammoud,
Dora or Nabaa.
"The area has been [transformed] from a residential one into one full
of foreigners who do not have legal residency in Lebanon. Upon the
citizens' demands... and the party's concerns... [we have] requested
the municipality to end the abnormal situation."
The party added that there are no political, ethnic or sectarian
motives behind its request.
Future News television quoted on Saturday Syrian Kurdish people as
saying that a Tashnaq-related group informed Syrian Kurdish families
living in Bourj Hammoud "of the importance to evacuate their rented
houses in the area."
-NOW Lebanon
http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=327945