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Thu 08 Aug 2010Lebanon improves status of Palestinians
LEBANON’S PARLIAMENT has adopted a law granting employment rights to Palestinian refugees living in the country, which will partially normalise their status.
The legislation gives Palestinian refugees the same opportunities other foreigners enjoy. All are barred from work in professions requiring Lebanese certification such as medicine, engineering, and the law as well as the police and armed forces. These occupations are reserved for Lebanese citizens. Palestinians will also be given social security coverage.
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