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2016-05-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Leb Unanimously Rejects Refugee 'Naturalization', to Seek 'Clarifications' on Ban's Remarks
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[An Nahar] The council of ministers announced Thursday that it unanimously rejects any attempt to naturalize Syrian refugees in Leb, after remarks attributed to U.N. chief  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon stirred a storm of criticism in the country.
"The cabinet reaffirmed the Lebanese consensus on rejecting naturalization and any policies that encourage the refugees to stay where they are, seeing as the only solution to the refugee crisis is the Syrians' speedy return to their country, which contradicts with the principles of voluntary return, integration and naturalization," said the cabinet in a statement issued after its weekly session at the Grand Serail.
The cabinet also agreed to "conduct the necessary contacts" and "demand clarifications regarding Ban Ki-moon's remarks on the naturalization of refugees."
Media reports meanwhile quoted the U.N. chief's official spokesperson as saying that the naturalization of Syrian refugees in Leb is not on the table and that efforts to resettle some of them outside Leb are still underway.
According to An Nahar newspaper, Ban Ki-moon had said in a report he submitted to the Vienna conference on Syria that refugees have the right to obtain the nationalities of the countries they live in.
Ban Ki-moon's reported remarks had prompted an urgent meeting for the Lebanese government's Syrian refugee cell which comprises Prime Minister Tammam Salam, Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq, Social Affairs Minister Rashid Derbas and Labor Minister Sejaan Qazzi.
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