Habib Rahhal, 28, carries his luggage as he heads to board a plane to Germany, at Beirut international airport, Lebanon February 12, 2020. Picture taken February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Sick of Lebanon's political instability, Habib Rahhal had been mulling leaving since 2018 to seek a better future. But the final straw came in November when he was unable to get money out of the bank because of a national financial crisis.
He stepped up his job search abroad and found one in Germany. The digital product designer left Beirut for Berlin this month, intending to build a new life and joining a growing wave of Lebanese driven abroad by the crisis.
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