Published : 18-10-2020
Human rights activists have called on the Syrian authorities and Damascus governorate to rehabilitate the municipality of Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees and to recuperate all the privileges that had been granted to it prior to the decision taken by the Syrian Council of Ministers on November 11, 2018.
The activists said the move will boost the recuperation of vital services in the area and enhance local governance accountability mechanisms.
UN data indicates that before the eruption of the conflict in 2011, Yarmouk was home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees, making it the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria. Located eight kilometers from Damascus, it is one of three unofficial camps in Syria.
In April 2015, armed opposition groups captured over 60 per cent of the camp, containing over 90 per cent of the remaining civilian population. This not only made relief institutions unable to carry out any distributions inside Yarmouk but also displaced most of the remaining 18,000 Palestine refugees and other civilians to the neighboring areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Saham (YBB).
Almost all the remaining Palestine refugees left during the final government offensive for Yarmouk in April-May 2018, after which the government retook control of the camp.
Human rights activists have called on the Syrian authorities and Damascus governorate to rehabilitate the municipality of Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees and to recuperate all the privileges that had been granted to it prior to the decision taken by the Syrian Council of Ministers on November 11, 2018.
The activists said the move will boost the recuperation of vital services in the area and enhance local governance accountability mechanisms.
UN data indicates that before the eruption of the conflict in 2011, Yarmouk was home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees, making it the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria. Located eight kilometers from Damascus, it is one of three unofficial camps in Syria.
In April 2015, armed opposition groups captured over 60 per cent of the camp, containing over 90 per cent of the remaining civilian population. This not only made relief institutions unable to carry out any distributions inside Yarmouk but also displaced most of the remaining 18,000 Palestine refugees and other civilians to the neighboring areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Saham (YBB).
Almost all the remaining Palestine refugees left during the final government offensive for Yarmouk in April-May 2018, after which the government retook control of the camp.
