General Security Director-General, Major General Elias Bayssari, announced that he is preparing a comprehensive study on the Syrian migrants’ file, “which will be detailed and presented at the conference devoted to address this issue, in Brussels next month.”
In an interview with Al-Joumhouriya, Bayssari revealed that he “is in the process of preparing a plan that will pave the way for the deportation of a number of prisoners in coordination with the Minister of Justice and the Court of Cassation and under the supervision of the Minister of Interior.”
“An amendment is being prepared by the General Directorate of General Security regarding the residency conditions for residents” he said, stressing that “new amendments will emphasize the need to apply the residency conditions, including applying strict sentences to any Syrian who violates the residency conditions or violates Lebanese laws, including exposing him to immediate deportation if he violates those conditions.”
Concerning the date of his visit to Syria, Bayssari pointed out that “the matter needs a suitable timing agreed upon in advance between the Syrian and Lebanese states to prepare the ground and start negotiations on the possibility of deporting prisoners.”
In this context, he asserted the need for political calm, political agreement and the importance of respecting international treaties that preserve human rights.
As for the need to abide by the treaty between Lebanon and Syria, he noted that “agreements between states are always subject to amendment because treaties are not absolute and are subject to amendment if the parties concerned with the treaty agree on this.”
“All files should be thoroughly examined and each file should be studied individually,” Bayssari added.
Regarding the cases of those convicted of terrorism, Bayssari concluded that “Lebanese law prevents their return and they must complete their full sentence in Lebanon.”
In an interview with Al-Joumhouriya, Bayssari revealed that he “is in the process of preparing a plan that will pave the way for the deportation of a number of prisoners in coordination with the Minister of Justice and the Court of Cassation and under the supervision of the Minister of Interior.”
“An amendment is being prepared by the General Directorate of General Security regarding the residency conditions for residents” he said, stressing that “new amendments will emphasize the need to apply the residency conditions, including applying strict sentences to any Syrian who violates the residency conditions or violates Lebanese laws, including exposing him to immediate deportation if he violates those conditions.”
Concerning the date of his visit to Syria, Bayssari pointed out that “the matter needs a suitable timing agreed upon in advance between the Syrian and Lebanese states to prepare the ground and start negotiations on the possibility of deporting prisoners.”
In this context, he asserted the need for political calm, political agreement and the importance of respecting international treaties that preserve human rights.
As for the need to abide by the treaty between Lebanon and Syria, he noted that “agreements between states are always subject to amendment because treaties are not absolute and are subject to amendment if the parties concerned with the treaty agree on this.”
“All files should be thoroughly examined and each file should be studied individually,” Bayssari added.
Regarding the cases of those convicted of terrorism, Bayssari concluded that “Lebanese law prevents their return and they must complete their full sentence in Lebanon.”
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