France repatriates 131 Europeans, the majority of whom are French

“The vast majority of them are French nationals in a vulnerable situation,” said the French authorities.

Returns to France continue. A French government plane repatriated 131 Europeans who were living in Beirut to France on Wednesday October 16, due to the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, we learned from a diplomatic source.

“The vast majority of them are French nationals in a vulnerable situation,” said the same source, indicating that the plane landed at 7 p.m. at Paris-Charles de Gaulle.

On the way out, the government plane transported emergency medical aid to Lebanon, according to this source, who was unable to provide further details.

3,000 French people have already left Lebanon

Last week, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that nearly 50 French people “in a vulnerable situation” in this country had been repatriated to France.

On Tuesday, the head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, indicated that some 3,000 French nationals had left Lebanon and “returned to France” due to the armed conflict.

“To date, there are approximately, even if these figures are difficult to establish, 3,000 of our compatriots established in Lebanon who have returned to France, of whom more than 350 have benefited from return assistance from the embassy” of France in coordination with the crisis and support center at the Quai d’Orsay, declared Jean-Noël Barrot, who was interviewed at the National Assembly.

Around 23,000 French people usually live in Lebanon.