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  • Beirut: Tashnaq Explains Decision On Foreign Workers In Bourj Hammou

    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

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