A matter of identity: The families who are affected by Lebanon’s nationality law – The National

A matter of identity: The families who are affected by Lebanon’s nationality law – The National

A matter of identity: The families who are affected by Lebanon's nationality law. Women married to foreign men cannot pass their citizenship on to their children. More than this many Palestinian refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon, with about 45 per cent of them living in the country's 12 refugee camps. The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, according to the UN refugee agency. The percentage of stateless people in Lebanon, who are not of Palestinian origin, born to a Lebanese mother, according to a 2012-2013 study by human rights organisation Frontiers Ruwad Association. The number of marriages recorded between Lebanese women and foreigners between the years 1995 and 2008, according to a 2009 study backed by the UN Development Programme. The number of people believed to be affected by the current nationality law, according to the 2009 UN study. Lebanon's French- -Mandate-era nationality law dates back to 1925 and has only been changed once, in the 1960s, to allow women married to foreigners to keep their citizenship, as it was previously stripped from them .. Instead of being supportive Sonia says these limitations have left Palestinians living in Lebanon struggling