Introduction and methodology This report is the product of a fact‐finding mission conducted by the Country of Origin Information Division, Danish Immigration Service (DIS) to Beirut, Lebanon from 25 May to 6 June 2014. The necessity for a mission to Lebanon arose due to a lack of updated information concerning stateless Palestinians in Lebanon, both Palestinians who have resided in Lebanon since 1948 and 1967 and their descendants, as well as Palestinians who have recently entered Lebanon from Syria due to the Syrian civil war.1 This report focuses on the situation of Palestinians from Lebanon regarding issues relevant to key asylum claims from Palestinians, including issues concerning protection as well as overall access to basic rights and services such as education, health care, housing and employment. Furthermore, the report provides information on the Palestinians from Syria who have sought refuge in Lebanon, focusing on entry and legal status in Lebanon as well as the extent of basic rights and services that Palestinians from Syria have access to while in Lebanon. Moreover, the report offers information on how the influx of refugees from Syria has impacted the situation of Palestinians in Lebanon, both with regards to the situation in the camps and with regards to sustaining a livelihood. The Terms of Reference for the mission has been drawn up by DIS and includes comments from the Danish Refugee Appeals Board as well as from other partners. Due to the lack of access to relevant sources in Lebanon as well as the mission’s time limit, the issue of military service and recruitment which is included in the Terms of Reference has not been investigated during the mission and is therefore not addressed in the report. The Terms of Reference is included as Appendix A. In the scope of compiling this report, the delegation consulted 23 sources during the mission to Beirut. The sources consulted in Beirut comprised representatives from international organizations, Western embassies, international as well as local non‐governmental organizations, Lebanese authorities and academic sources. A complete list of sources consulted is included at the end of this report. Each source consulted during the mission was asked permission to be quoted by name, profession and/or the name of his or her organization. For the sake of discretion, seven sources wished to remain anonymous or semi‐anonymous. Consequently in these cases, the delegation asked the sources how a descriptive reference might best be made to them. Before each meeting, the sources consulted were informed about the purpose of the mission and that their statements would be included in a public report. All interviews were conducted orally in English, or in a few instances through a translator, in a semi‐structured manner, and were recorded in writing by the delegation. The notes from a given interview were subsequently 1 With the aim of distinguishing the two groups of Palestinians, Palestinians from Lebanon and Palestinians from Syria, the groups have been abbreviated as PRL and PRS respectively throughout the report. 5