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In reply to the discussion: NLRB Confirms Legality of Union Support for Israel Boycott; Union Condemns Political Attacks on BDS [View all]Little Tich
(6,171 posts)35. So guess who's hindering them from returning... (Hint: It's not the PA.)
Anyway, it's common practice for children of refugees to inherit their parents' status as refugees until they're refugees no more. Reality always trumps hasbara.
EXPLODING THE MYTHS: UNRWA, UNHCR AND THE PALESTINE REFUGEES
Source: UNRWA, 27 June 2011
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UNHCRs Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for determining Refugee Status provides in paragraph 184: "If the head of a family meets the criteria of the definition, [for refugee status] his dependants are normally granted refugee status according to the principle of family unity."
In effect, refugee families everywhere retain their status as refugees until they fall within the terms of a cessation clause or are able to avail themselves of one of three durable solutions already mentioned -- voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement in a third country.
Also, Chapter 5 of the UNHCR publication, Procedural Standards for Refugee Status Determination under UNHCRs Mandate is very clear that in accordance with the refugees right to family unity, refugee status is transferred through the generations. According to Chapter 5.1.2 "the categories of persons who should be considered to be eligible for derivative status under the right to family unity include:" "all unmarried children of the Principal Applicant who are under 18 years."
Chapter 5.1.1 makes it clear that this status is retained after the age of 18. It states "individuals who obtain derivative refugee status enjoy the same rights and entitlements as other recognised refugees and should retain this status notwithstanding the subsequent dissolution of the family through separation, divorce, death, or the fact that the child reaches the age of majority."
In effect, refugee families everywhere retain their status as refugees until they fall within the terms of a cessation clause or are able to avail themselves of one of three durable solutions already mentioned -- voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement in a third country.
Also, Chapter 5 of the UNHCR publication, Procedural Standards for Refugee Status Determination under UNHCRs Mandate is very clear that in accordance with the refugees right to family unity, refugee status is transferred through the generations. According to Chapter 5.1.2 "the categories of persons who should be considered to be eligible for derivative status under the right to family unity include:" "all unmarried children of the Principal Applicant who are under 18 years."
Chapter 5.1.1 makes it clear that this status is retained after the age of 18. It states "individuals who obtain derivative refugee status enjoy the same rights and entitlements as other recognised refugees and should retain this status notwithstanding the subsequent dissolution of the family through separation, divorce, death, or the fact that the child reaches the age of majority."
Read more: http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/exploding-myths-unrwa-unhcr-and-palestine-refugees
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Little Tich
Jul 2016
OP
I personally don't think that promoting equal rights for Palestinians is anti-Semitic.
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#7
Only about 10% of Palestinians would agree to a secular, liberal western style democracy.
shira
Jul 2016
#15
If the partition plan from 1947 would've been adhered to, the Palestinian refugees would've been
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#24
I suppose that if one starts drinking the hasbara kool-Aid, there's no going back to reality.
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#30
Did you download a copy of Morris's "The Birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited"?
Little Tich
Jul 2016
#39