"I wanted to give my children a better future."
Fadi Karbajha explains why he tried to reach Cyprus by boat to escape poverty.
"Everything has become difficult in Lebanon. These conditions are pushing us to do crazy things like this crossing."
A crossing that hundreds of Lebanese have undertaken like him recently.
Bassem Hdayfi, for his part, has lost all hope of seeing better days: "We are abandoned, the political class is no longer taking care of the country."
Lebanon has been facing its worst economic and social crisis in decades since last year, amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic and political instability.
Faced with this situation, more and more Lebanese are turning to immigration.
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