Published : 15-03-2019
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs issued its sixth annual report about the situation of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon in 2018, seven years after a tide of mass exodus to Lebanon saw the day in December 2012.
The report covered the precarious legal status and calamitous socio-economic conditions endured by Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syrian to Lebanon.
The study found out that the number of refugees in 2018 has shrunk back to 18,000, down from 31,000 in 2017, according to UNRWA estimates announced on January 9, 2017.
The report attributed such a decrease to the crackdowns perpetrated against Palestinians from Syria in Lebanon, along with the poor health services, the lack of humanitarian assistance by such relief organs as UNRWA, costly visa-renewal fees, and lack of access to the local labor market.
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs urged the UNRWA, the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Lebanese government to work on enhancing conditions for Palestinian refugees, secure their right to legal, physical, and moral protection, and provide them with much-needed humanitarian aid pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
Sometime earlier, UNRWA said the number of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon has seen a striking decrease with 31,147 refugees in 2016, compared to nearly 80,000 in 2013.
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs issued its sixth annual report about the situation of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon in 2018, seven years after a tide of mass exodus to Lebanon saw the day in December 2012.
The report covered the precarious legal status and calamitous socio-economic conditions endured by Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syrian to Lebanon.
The study found out that the number of refugees in 2018 has shrunk back to 18,000, down from 31,000 in 2017, according to UNRWA estimates announced on January 9, 2017.
The report attributed such a decrease to the crackdowns perpetrated against Palestinians from Syria in Lebanon, along with the poor health services, the lack of humanitarian assistance by such relief organs as UNRWA, costly visa-renewal fees, and lack of access to the local labor market.
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs urged the UNRWA, the Palestinian Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the Lebanese government to work on enhancing conditions for Palestinian refugees, secure their right to legal, physical, and moral protection, and provide them with much-needed humanitarian aid pending a just and lasting solution to their plight.
Sometime earlier, UNRWA said the number of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon has seen a striking decrease with 31,147 refugees in 2016, compared to nearly 80,000 in 2013.
