//After approximately ten hours of interrogation, the officials decided to deport the young men back to Syria because they did not have the correct papers. In taking this step, the Lebanese authorities were reneging on a previous policy not to forcibly return any refugees fleeing the bloodshed in neighboring Syria. Under the new restrictions, Palestinian refugees in Syria cannot enter Lebanon unless they have permission from the Lebanese General Security. Meanwhile, the Syrian authorities are not giving permission for any Palestinians to leave for Lebanon without prior consent from the Lebanese embassy. What is more, border guards have the discretion to turn away Palestinians without referring back to the main authorities in Beirut. Trapped in a Kafkaesque labyrinth, more and more Palestinians are being forced to smuggle themselves across the border, putting themselves in the increasingly vulnerable position of living in Lebanon without valid papers. Human Rights Watch has warned that the Lebanese government is violating the international principle of “non-refoulement,” which forbids states from returning asylum-seekers or refugees to a place where their lives or freedom would be threatened.// but dont worry, lebanon; there will be no major outrage against you in the islamic world or among left-liberal intellectuals, for if muslims wrong muslims (other examples include what arab muslims did to black muslims in darfur or what pakistan has done in balochistan) or even if non-muslims wrong non-muslims (such as what the sri lankan army did to the tamils or what china has done in tibet), it does not matter - only non-muslim entities, especially israel, deserve to be demonized! press the like button if you share my stand (obviously not liking the situation), but NO COMMENTS, please! Parijat Chakraborty, Shayak Chakraborty, Raju Moza, Prashant Balaji, Rohini Sen, Nidhi Agrawal, Yasir Ali, Mohammad Irfan Sohail electronicintifada.net/content/lebanon-breaks-promise-not-deport-palestinian-refugees-fleeing-syria/13542
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 04:08:50 +0000