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That's why they need to go back home.“When a Palestinian medical student graduates she is told she can’t legally work in medicine” - MAP News - Medical Aid for Palestinians
Alia*, a Palestinian refugee studying to become a doctor at a Lebanese university, spoke to MAP about the barriers to becoming a doctor in Lebanon.
Her story illustrates Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP) new report, Health in Exile, which outlines how 70 years of displacement and marginalisation have undermined the health and dignity of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Their dismal socioeconomic conditions and the significant restrictions placed on their rights have created a situation of perpetual humanitarian crisis and dependency on aid and a Palestinian-focused healthcare system which is close to collapse.
Without the freedom to earn an adequate living, a person’s ability to secure adequate shelter, food, healthcare and other basic needs for themselves and their families is severely undermined. For Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, however, a series of practical and legal barriers are imposed on their right to work.
As many as 39 professions are currently barred to Palestinian refugees, including all major healthcare jobs. Most Palestinians work in low paid, unskilled or semi-skilled jobs. Many of those with healthcare qualifications – such as medicine or nursing – work illegally in Lebanese hospitals, without contracts, security or benefits. Those working inside the camps, such as in Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) hospitals, have low wages and few opportunities for development.
Lying for the Muslim dream.
A prime example of the starving and terrorized Palestinians by the Israeli "regime".