Refugees in Lebanon
"Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country."
Article 13(2)
"No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property."
Article 17(2)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, GA Resolution 217A (III), 1948
Refugees are "Persons who are outside their country of origin and who due to well-founded fear of persecution, are unable or willing to avail themselves of that country's protection.
Under the agreed international instruments concerning refugees, persons meeting this basic criteria are considered to be refugees, regardless of whether or not they are formally recognized as such by a national authority or by UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)."
