Back to Contents The same source further stated that: ‫ «أحمل فقط ورقة تعريف أصدرتها سفارة دولة فلسطني يف‬:]‫ ويقيم يف مخيم عني الحلوة لالجئني الفلسطينيني‬3891 ‫ويقول عطية [الجئ فلسطيني الذي ولد يف لبنان عام‬ ‫ علامً أن‬،‫ لكن أحدا ً مل يعد يعرتف بها اليوم‬،‫ والتي كنت أستفيد منها سابقاً باعتبارها بطاقة تعريف شخصية يل‬،‫ وأيضاً ورقة من األمن العام اللبناين تؤكد هويتنا‬،ً‫لبنان سابقا‬ .»‫ وهي ال تخولني رشاء خط تلفون أو استصدار دفرت قيادة ووثيقة للسفر‬.‫جنود الجيش اللبناين يضحكون لدى إبرازي لها‬ Atiya, a Palestinian refugee born in 1983 in Lebanon who lives in Ein El-Hilweh Refugee Camp, says: “I possess an identification document issued by the former Ministry of the State of Palestine in Lebanon, and a document from the Lebanese General Security department that confirms our identity, which I used to benefit from as a personal identification card, but nobody acknowledges it today, given that soldiers at the Lebanese army make fun of me when I take it out. It doesn’t even authorise me to buy a phone number or issue a driver›s licence or a travel document.” (Source: AlAraby – “Palestinians without IDs in Lebanon”, January 13, 2022) ‘Non-ID’ refugees In its Protection Monitoring Report for the 1st quarter of the year 2022, UNRWA reported that:                           “Access to civil registration processes reportedly remained limited for PRS and non-IDs, and difficulties registering PRL children’s births after more than a year, were highlighted in Central Lebanon Area [...] Difficulties in receiving legal documents, the high cost of legal aid, and practical obstacles to accessing available services were also highlighted. Meanwhile, the time taken to issue civil documentation for PRL reportedly increased, with processing times of three to four weeks compared to one to two weeks previously. As among the Lebanese community, waiting times to obtain travel documents increased significantly.         (Source: UNRWA, “UNRWA Protection Monitoring Report – Quarter 1 (Q1) 2022”, 1 July 2022) In its Protection Monitoring Report for the last quarter of the year 2021, UNRWA reported that: “According to focal points, the three main issues people face in accessing civil registration remained largely the same through the year: the cost of the process, the lack of required documents, and some refugees’ lack of residency. Lacking the required documents was particularly reported Tyre. The two main groups who find it most difficult to access civil registration were PRS and Non-ID. Non-IDs were especially mentioned in Saida while PRS were mentioned more in Beqaa. In CLA focal points linked the lack of legal residency to not be able to move freely in the camps. In Saida focal points noted it was taking more time than before to issue new passports or civil reports for PRL. (p. 8)” (Source: UNRWA, “UNRWA Protection Monitoring Report – Quarter Four 2021”, 6 April 2022) Another collective of NGOs working with Palestinians in Lebanon made a joint submission to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review in 2020 in which they stated among others that: “Unsustainability of solution regarding legal personality of non-ID Palestinians The State of Lebanon had started issuing ID documents valid for one year and which can only be used to travel inside Lebanon. Very few who had lost their IDs (non-ID) were able to benefit from those cards in 2008 and in an unsustainable manner. During the UPR’s 9th Session in 2010, Lebanon reported the issuing of documents for nonIDs as one of its achievements. However, the Lebanese state has yet to provide a reply to Recommendation 84.11. More than 5000 people from this category are still denied their most basic human rights, such as the right to a legal personality, the right to health and hospitalization, education, especially university, and work. It also remains impossible to register marriage contracts if one of the spouses was non-ID, and thus their children are denied the right to be registered with official departments.” (Source: Najdeh Association, Development Action Without Borders (Naba’a), Palestinian Human Rights Organization (PHRO) et al, “UPR 2020: Palestinian Refugee Rights in Lebanon”, July 2020, p. 3) Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) 4. Legal and policy frameworks and their implementation 42