Lebanese diaspora

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Lebanese diaspora refers to Lebanese immigrants and their descendants who emigrated from Lebanon to countries worldwide. There are more people of Lebanese origin (15.4 million) living outside Lebanon than within Lebanon (6 million). The Lebanese diaspora consists of Christians, Muslims, Jews, Druze, and Armenians. Lebanese Christians trace their origin to several waves of emigration, beginning with an exodus ensuing the 1860 Mount Lebanon conflict. Under the Lebanese nationality law, diaspora Lebanese do not have an automatic right to return. Varying degrees of assimilation and a high degree of interethnic marriages in the diaspora communities, regardless of faith, have caused the lack of passage of Arab fluency to their children, while most consider themselves Lebanese. Factors that have contributed to Lebanese emigration include civil wars, foreign invasions of Lebanon, and political and economic crises.

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