Published : 10-05-2020
UNRWA said cash grants will be distributed as of May 14, 2020 to registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Palestinian refugees from Syria will receive cash grants for the months of April and May, with an estimated sum of at least 600,000 Lebanese pounds per every family for the two months. A food allowance of 150,000 Lebanese pounds will be handed over to every registered refugee for the same period.
Over recent months, Palestinian refugees from Syria have frequently rallied outside of UNRWA offices in Lebanon to protest the Agency’s reluctance regarding their appeals for urgent humanitarian assistance.
The refugees continue to call on UNRWA to take up its humanitarian and moral duties and to transfer their cash grants in US dollars and on time, in light of the economic hardship inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.
UNRWA has identified PRS in Lebanon as one of the most marginalized and poorest communities in the region.
In its 2020 Syria crisis emergency appeal, UNRWA said that PRS in Lebanon continue to face high vulnerability and marginalization, making them heavily reliant on UNRWA humanitarian support to cover their basic needs. The socio-economic hardships and unrest experienced by the country have compounded PRS’ already dire living conditions.
According to a survey conducted by the American University of Beirut in 2015, nearly 90 percent of the PRS population in Lebanon live in poverty, including 9 per cent who are in extreme poverty and unable to meet even their most essential food requirements.
PRS’s vulnerability is further compounded by their precarious legal status. The lack of a valid legal status, often coupled with outdated civil registration documents, results in severely restricted freedom of movement for some PRS in Lebanon due to fear of arrest, detention or forced deportation.
UNRWA said cash grants will be distributed as of May 14, 2020 to registered Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Palestinian refugees from Syria will receive cash grants for the months of April and May, with an estimated sum of at least 600,000 Lebanese pounds per every family for the two months. A food allowance of 150,000 Lebanese pounds will be handed over to every registered refugee for the same period.
Over recent months, Palestinian refugees from Syria have frequently rallied outside of UNRWA offices in Lebanon to protest the Agency’s reluctance regarding their appeals for urgent humanitarian assistance.
The refugees continue to call on UNRWA to take up its humanitarian and moral duties and to transfer their cash grants in US dollars and on time, in light of the economic hardship inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic.
UNRWA has identified PRS in Lebanon as one of the most marginalized and poorest communities in the region.
In its 2020 Syria crisis emergency appeal, UNRWA said that PRS in Lebanon continue to face high vulnerability and marginalization, making them heavily reliant on UNRWA humanitarian support to cover their basic needs. The socio-economic hardships and unrest experienced by the country have compounded PRS’ already dire living conditions.
According to a survey conducted by the American University of Beirut in 2015, nearly 90 percent of the PRS population in Lebanon live in poverty, including 9 per cent who are in extreme poverty and unable to meet even their most essential food requirements.
PRS’s vulnerability is further compounded by their precarious legal status. The lack of a valid legal status, often coupled with outdated civil registration documents, results in severely restricted freedom of movement for some PRS in Lebanon due to fear of arrest, detention or forced deportation.
