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He'd "escaped" by the time he hit Lebanon. Everything after that was just seeking economic advantage.

Lebanon is a tiny country flooded with refugees.

At ~10,000 km^2, it's only 50% larger than Delaware. There's close to a million refugees there, in addition to the existing population of over 5 million.

Not staying there is just common sense.

Also, is HN really the place to criticise someone for seeking economic advantage? This is a forum where people regularly discuss how to skirt US immigration laws e.g. to do YC on a tourist visa... There's that whole "ask forgiveness rather than permission" trope that startups swear by -- aren't illegal immigrants risking their lives in that spirit?

I guess that makes him human. Or would you settle for the worst paying job with bad career prospects? Because otherwise you'd be guilty of job-hopping. Why are you judging people who are trying to make the most out of life?

From my understanding, they are not even allowed to work in Lebanon. So, yes, contrary to what the top comment said, even in Lebanon they are still in a prison they need to escape from.

I hope you apply the same logic to the homeless that move into your local parks and community areas. They are just trying to seek economic advantage, wealthy people have more money to give. It normal to strive for maximum return on minimal output.

It just makes him human.

Not sure if you're being sarcastic but yes you could apply the same logic to homeless people. But minimal output? You can't prove that.

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