With regard to the request that trafficked persons should not be prosecuted for their illegal presence in Lebanon, we should like to mention the humanitarian initiative which Lebanon took following the Tsunami disaster, when it pardoned the nationals of the affected States and paid for them to return to their home countries without prosecuting or fining them.
With regard to the request that trafficked persons should not be prosecuted for their illegal presence in Lebanon, we should like to mention the humanitarian initiative which Lebanon took following the Tsunami disaster, when it pardoned the nationals of the affected States and paid for them to return to their home countries without prosecuting or fining them.