I wonder why they stay?

I wonder why?
Thousands won't join Lebanon exodus
Most Canadians in country choose to stay in war
zone as evacuation winds down
GLORIA GALLOWAY
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — Fewer than one quarter of the
Canadians registered with their embassy in
Lebanon have taken up the government's offer t
o get them out of the war-torn country, as officials
say dwindling numbers mean the evacuation is
winding down.
By late yesterday afternoon, after five days of
exodus, slightly more than 7,900 people had
boarded ships chartered by Canada to take
them to safety. Only 2,800 of that number had
actually reached Canadian soil, leaving thousands
of evacuees in transit on ships headed for Turkey
or Cyprus, on the ground there, or on airplanes
headed to Canada.
There are more than 38,000 people registered
with the Canadian embassy in Beirut.
While Foreign Affairs representatives refused to
say publicly how many of that total they believe
to be tourists and how many have settled permanently
in Lebanon, one official estimated yesterday that
the temporary visitors account for about 20 per
cent of the total.