A Syrian refugee badly injured in the recent port explosion in Beirut is fighting to take up a place at Trinity College Dublin later this month having been refused a visa to come to the country. In both cases, he says, he has been unable to secure a visa due to his circumstances. But after this I’m trying not to think what’s the next step,” Mr Ourfali told The Irish Times from his home in Beirut. He is currently recovering from injuries he sustained in the Beirut port explosion on August 4th that killed more than 172 people, injured 6,000 and left 300,000 homeless. There were two; the first one was a tiny one and I told my students maybe someone is bombing,” he recalled.

Source: The Irish Times September 22, 2020 14:03 UTC