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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/59067/full/59067/lebanon-allowing-refugees-to-work/ <br /><br /> <b>Lebanon allowing refugees to work</b> <br /> Thursday, August 26, 2010 | by <br /><br /><p>Lebanon’s Parliament passed a law elevating the status of Palestinian refugees to allow them to work.</p> <p>The law passed last week grants Palestinian refugees the status of “foreign workers,” opening up a wide array of employment opportunities.</p> <p>The 400,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are considered among the worst treated in the Arab world and have been denied basic employment and inheritance rights.</p> <p>Lebanon maintains their stateless status in part to facilitate refugee claims against Israel. Rights groups say refugees deserve full citizenship. <em>— jta </em></p> <p> </p>

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