Document #1005578
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Palestinians are officially considered to be temporary residents pending the resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict. They may not vote in Syrian elections or acquire Syrian citizenship except through marriage to a Syrian male citizen. While they currently occupy several senior positions in the bureaucracy, Palestinians are unofficially barred from the highest echelons of the Government (1992, 1611).Additional information on the above subject is currently unavailable to the IRBDC.
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