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.