Published : 22-02-2021
A Palestinian refugee sheltered in displacement camps set up in northern Syria said the humanitarian situation of hundreds of displaced Palestinian families is dire.
In a new testimony unraveled to AGPS, Palestinian refugee Issa Ahmed Awad, who was forcibly displaced from Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, to northern Syria, said his family made up of 10 members and 15 grandchildren, have been struggling for survival due to years of protracted displacement, hardship, and loss of livelihoods.
Issa who was hit in a traffic accident in Efrin’s outskirts a couple of weeks ago has been unable to purchase medicines and provide for his family as years of war and displacement strapped him of his source of income.
Issa, like thousands of displaced Palestinians and Syrians who live below the poverty line, has sunk into despair in the substandard refugee camps set up north of Syria, where conditions are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Protracted displacement, deteriorating socio-economic conditions aggravated by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, dire humanitarian needs and protection concerns continue to affect the lives of Palestine refugees in Syria, according to UNRWA’s “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”.
UNRWA said in its fact-sheet that in Syria, the protracted conflict has devastated human security and left 91 per cent of the 438,000 Palestine refugees estimated to remain in the country in absolute poverty and 40 per cent displaced.
In 2020, living conditions deteriorated further as a result of an economic crisis, leading to an increase in prices, including of the most basic commodities.
As the coronavirus pandemic has rebounded around the MENA region and the globe, Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria continue to struggle with growing poverty and economic hardship.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have lost their jobs in the warfare and hundreds more have been wondering in the streets as they rummage around for livelihoods to feed their starved families.
The crisis in Syria has been one of the gravest and most demanding emergencies faced in the modern era. The vast majority of PRS families are unable to meet their basic needs.
Many PRS lost their sources of income; refugee camps have seen unprecedented levels of destruction; rental prices have dramatically gone up; undernourishment and poverty have been a daily nightmare.
Due to the serious protection gaps, children have been forced to drop out of school and join armed groups to help feed their starving families.
Hundreds of families have had women as their sole breadwinners; and in several other cases boys and girls are spotted begging in the street for a few pounds.
A Palestinian refugee sheltered in displacement camps set up in northern Syria said the humanitarian situation of hundreds of displaced Palestinian families is dire.
In a new testimony unraveled to AGPS, Palestinian refugee Issa Ahmed Awad, who was forcibly displaced from Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus, to northern Syria, said his family made up of 10 members and 15 grandchildren, have been struggling for survival due to years of protracted displacement, hardship, and loss of livelihoods.
Issa who was hit in a traffic accident in Efrin’s outskirts a couple of weeks ago has been unable to purchase medicines and provide for his family as years of war and displacement strapped him of his source of income.
Issa, like thousands of displaced Palestinians and Syrians who live below the poverty line, has sunk into despair in the substandard refugee camps set up north of Syria, where conditions are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Protracted displacement, deteriorating socio-economic conditions aggravated by the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, dire humanitarian needs and protection concerns continue to affect the lives of Palestine refugees in Syria, according to UNRWA’s “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”.
UNRWA said in its fact-sheet that in Syria, the protracted conflict has devastated human security and left 91 per cent of the 438,000 Palestine refugees estimated to remain in the country in absolute poverty and 40 per cent displaced.
In 2020, living conditions deteriorated further as a result of an economic crisis, leading to an increase in prices, including of the most basic commodities.
As the coronavirus pandemic has rebounded around the MENA region and the globe, Palestinian refugees in war-torn Syria continue to struggle with growing poverty and economic hardship.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have lost their jobs in the warfare and hundreds more have been wondering in the streets as they rummage around for livelihoods to feed their starved families.
The crisis in Syria has been one of the gravest and most demanding emergencies faced in the modern era. The vast majority of PRS families are unable to meet their basic needs.
Many PRS lost their sources of income; refugee camps have seen unprecedented levels of destruction; rental prices have dramatically gone up; undernourishment and poverty have been a daily nightmare.
Due to the serious protection gaps, children have been forced to drop out of school and join armed groups to help feed their starving families.
Hundreds of families have had women as their sole breadwinners; and in several other cases boys and girls are spotted begging in the street for a few pounds.
