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Combatting illegal labor reaches children of Lebanese mothers despite exemption law
17-7-2019
In its issue of today, Al Akhbar newspaper reminded its readers of the law exempting children of Lebanese mothers married to non-Lebanese holding complimentary residences from getting a work permit (https://bit.ly/2Lnm2Ml). It wrote that, three weeks into its enactment, the law has not been published in the Official Gazette, making it ineffective, and hinted to an administrative lingering coinciding with the launch of the labor ministry’s campaign on foreign labor (https://bit.ly/2Fb2Yxe). This, the newspaper said, prevents the children of Lebanese mothers holding complimentary residences from being exempted from work permits, putting them at risk of prosecution by ministry labor inspectors. According to Al Akhbar, the situation is reinforced by a politico-administrative obstruction, that could be calculated, pointing to opposing voices by LF and FPM during the parliamentary session devoted to enact the above law. Al Akhbar spoke to the coordinator of My Nationality is a Right for Me and My Children, Karima Chebbo, who clarified that the Campaign has received several complaints in the past few days to this effect, pointing out that after scrutiny of some official gazette editions, it found out that the law has not been published, and therefore is still null and void. Chebbo mentioned a number of cases related to this impasse, including one of a son of a Lebanese mother and a Syrian father who received a ticket, and another of a young man from a French father who received a notice at work, despite his holding of the complimentary residence. Also a young man was fired from work because the employer was reluctant to fix his papers. (Al Akhbar, July 17, 2019)
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