THE PREQUEL: STATELESSNESS IN TRIPOLI
An innovative study led by Siren Associates and MARCH in the city of Tripoli in 2019
pioneered field research on the issue of statelessness in Lebanon, proposing for the
first time realistic estimates of its extent.
27,000
x2
30%
2,200
22%
26%
67%
70%
20%
estimated stateless
people of Lebanese
origin around the
country
estimated stateless
people of Lebanese
origin in Tripoli
of stateless people in
Tripoli are born to a
Lebanese father
(non-stateless)
The number of
stateless of Lebanese
origins could double
in 15 years
of stateless people of
Lebanese origins in
Tripoli have very
complicated cases
of stateless people in
Tripoli have a
Lebanese mother
of stateless people of
Lebanese origin in
Tripoli live in Tebbaneh
of stateless people of
Lebanese origin in
Tripoli live in Beddawi
of stateless people
of Lebanese origin
in Tripoli live in
Qobbeh
Source:
Siren Associates & MARCH (2019). The Plight of the Rightless: Mapping and
Understanding Statelessness in Tripoli.
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