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Copyright information................................................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgement........................................................................................................................................................................ 2
Explanatory note
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Definitions of statelessness and statelessness in the Palestinian context....................................................................................... 7
Overlap between refugeehood and statelessness.......................................................................................................................... 8
Statelessness in Country of Origin Information (COI)..................................................................................................................... 9
Disclaimers.................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Background on the research project
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Acknowledgements..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Feedback and comments............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Who we are................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
List of Acronyms.......................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Sources consulted and reference period...................................................................................................................................... 14
International organisations.......................................................................................................................................................... 14
COI databases and government bodies ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Academic and closed access........................................................................................................................................................ 16
1. History of Palestinians’ exile to Lebanon resulting in various legal statuses for Palestinians
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1.1. “Which legal statuses do Palestinians residing in Lebanon have?”......................................................................................... 17
1.2. How many Palestinians reside in Lebanon today? Are such figures collected by the Lebanese state?.................................... 21
2. History of UNRWA and its mandate
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2.1. How did UNRWA’s mandate evolve to this date?.................................................................................................................. 24
3. Assistance provided by UNRWA
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3.1. What assistance does UNRWA provide for Palestine Refugees? ........................................................................................... 30
4. Legal and policy frameworks and their implementation
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Stateless Palestinians in Lebanese law................................................................................................................................................ 32
4.1. Does Lebanon recognise Palestinian refugees as ‘stateless’?
Is Lebanon party to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions? Any reservations?
Is there a statelessness determination procedure?...................................................................................................................... 32
Refugee rights.................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
In Lebanon in general......................................................................................................................................................................... 33
4.2. What are the ways in which nationality is acquired and lost in Lebanon?.............................................................................. 33
4.3. Is Lebanon party to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions? Any reservations? Is there a statelessness
determination procedure?........................................................................................................................................................... 34
4.4. What principal legislation related to nationality and statelessness exists in relation to Palestinians in Lebanon?.................. 35
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