0:00 Intro
4:12 Migration Complications & Covid-19
7:01 "How Covid-19 Halted NGO Migrant Rescues in the Mediterranean"
13:20 Geopolitical Threats
19:25 Legal Requirements & Maritime Law
34:27 The Power of Storytelling & Beirut
42:22 How Eric & I Met
52:31 Hopes for Lebanon
We're with Eric Reidy for Episode 148 of The Beirut Banyan.
Click to watch:
https://youtu.be/G_rpqhIsjVo
We discuss his recent reporting on migration and Covid-19, and the security / political dimensions facing refugees fleeing the Middle East into Europe via the Mediterranean.
We also talk about his career in investigative journalism, and how he found his passion in storytelling while living in Beirut.
Check out his recent 'The New Humanitarian' pieces on migration by clicking below:
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/authors/eric-reidy
And read his obituary to Anthony Bourdain (mentioned in the episode) via the following link:
https://www.aljumhuriya.net/en/content/beirut-and-making-anthony-bourdain
Eric is a freelance journalist focusing on migration. Check out his wider reporting via his website:
https://ericreidy.com
And follow him on Twitter via the handle @eric_reidy
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Music by Marc Codsi. Graphics by Sara Tarhini.
