Date of publication:

09/24/2026

Lebanon

Do domestic laws and policies provide for efficient asylum procedures at first instance? 

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Analysis

The Law on Entry and Exit does not outline the asylum procedures in detail.

    LAW & POLICY

    Related provisions of domestic law or policy

    Law Regulating the Entry of Foreign Nationals into, Their Residence in and Their Departure from Lebanon

    Legal provision

    Article 27 - Procedure

    Asylum shall be granted pursuant to an order made by a committee the membership of which is as follows: Ministre de l’Intérieur, chair; the Directeurs de la Justice, des Affaires Étrangères et de la Sûreté Générale, members. In the event that the number of votes cast for and against is equal, the chair shall have a casting vote. An order made by this committee is not admissible in law and may not be subject to any claim, even that of abuse of power.