The Plight of the Rightless: Mapping and Understanding Statelessness in Tripoli-V1.3
Non-registered
and Maktoum Al-Qayd
Under-study
❌
✅
Registered in foreigners’ registry
Social security
❌
❌
Despite paying taxes when
employed, due to discrepancies in
the taxation system38
Access to healthcare
Coverage
❌
❌
Right to Property
Ownership and
inheritance
❌
✅
Movable goods only
Public Employment
❌
❌
Formal Employment
❌
✅
Approval from the minister of
Labour needed
Civic and Political Rights
❌
❌
Freedom of Movement
✅
Laissez-passer passport from GS for
international travels
Mukhtar attestation (taarif) for local travel
✅
Laissez-passer passport from GS
for international travels
Under-study card (permit) for local
travels
Right to Education
✅
School admission and official
examination upon provision of
authorisation by Ministry of Education
✅
School admission and official
examination using Under-study
card (permit)
Drivers License
✅
Based on the Laissez-Passer passport
✅
Based on under-study card
Personal Status
Registration of marriage
and birth
Table 1-Stateless access to rights
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The Lebanese taxation system does not factor out the under-study persons who do not benefit from
social security. Thus under-study individuals continue to pay taxes without receiving the direct benefits.
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