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Weekly News Report: December 20-24, 2021
The Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) addressed the severe impact of funding cuts on Palestinian refugees including those in Lebanon, and stated that the agency can no longer provide support for more people.
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Weekly News Report: December 13-19, 2021
The Maronite League in Lebanon will submit an appeal to the Council of State (Shoura Council) to request blocking the decision of the Minister of Labor which was announced on December 8 and entails exceptions to allow non-Lebanese residents to work in many sectors.
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Weekly News Report: December 6-12, 2021
Labor Minister Moustafa Bayram issued the annual decree on December 8, which the Minister is obliged by law to release every December, specifying the list of jobs exclusively held for Lebanese nationals.
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Weekly News Report: November 29-December 5, 2021
The General Security (GS) published a breakdown of arrests, entry/exit, and work visas between mid October and mid November in the new issue of the GS magazine.
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Weekly News Report: November 22-28, 2021
The Center for Migrant Advocacy (CAM) published a brief report on the living and working conditions of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East, including the gender-based violence they are subjected to by employers and agents.
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Weekly News Report: November 15-21, 2021
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) posted a series of videos explaining the different medical and psychological services provided for migrants in Lebanon, with instructions on how to make an appointment in Amharic, Bengali and Sinhala.
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Weekly News Report: November 8-14, 2021
The municipality of Ras Baalbeck issued a racist circular of 4 decisions targeting Syrian residents on November 10, which was later retracted from its Facebook page.
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Weekly News Report: November 1-7, 2021
Several buildings in the Shatila refugee camp are at risk of collapsing. Some Palestinian families left the buildings while others had to stay due to lack of affordable alternatives inside and outside the camp.
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WEEKLY NEWS REPORT: OCTOBER 25-31, 2021
Apple threatened Facebook to remove all of its applications from the App Store after the social media company failed to handle posts trading and selling migrant women in Middle Eastern countries on its different platforms.
في الوقت الحالي، تُنشر التقارير الأسبوعية باللغة الانكليزية فقط، لكن باستطاعتكم استعمال الترجمة الآلية على الموقع لقراءتها. لذلك، يرجى تغيير خيار اللغة من العربية “AR” إلى اللغة الإنكليزية “EN” وتفعيل خاصيّة الترجمة الآلية المتوفرة على المتصفح عن طريق النقر بالزر اليمين على منطقة فارغة، ثمَّ الضغط على خيار الترجمة من القائمة الفرعية.