Published : 28-02-2021
A delegation of the UNHCR accompanied by representatives of the Syrian Red Crescent Organization paid a visit to Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
Engineer Rola Maw’ed, head of the services department in Yarmouk, briefed the delegations on the dire humanitarian situation in the camp and called for speeding up reconstruction projects.
Education chief in the camp, Walid AlKurdi, quoted Samir AlJazaerli, a staffer at Damascus Governorate, as stating that a flock of buses will be dispatched to the camp in order to transfer civilians to and back from the area.
After ten years of conflict, Palestine refugees, particularly those taking shelter in Yarmouk, continue to be one of the most vulnerable groups in Syria with immense humanitarian needs.
Palestinian families taking refuge in Yarmouk Camp continue to launch cries for help over their exacerbated situation due to the price hike, high unemployment rates, steep rental fees, and the absence of fuel supplies.
The unabated warfare has had disastrous fallouts on Palestinian refugee camps across the Syrian territories. Palestinians who remained in Yarmouk or returned to the camp sometime later have been struggling for survival, in an area that has been severely affected by the deadly hostilities.
Over recent years, most of Yarmouk’s families have lived on sporadic aid handed over to them by UNRWA.
Civilians continue to appeal to the concerned authorities to speed up reconstruction works and rehabilitate infrastructure and vital facilities, including water and power networks.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees were forced out of Yarmouk Camp after the Syrian fighter jets struck the area in late 2012. Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in the onslaught. The situation went downhill after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in April 2015 and closed off vital thoroughfares to the area. Scores of other stranded families fled the camp following the 33-day military operation launched by the government forces on April 19.
Before the crisis started in 2011, Yarmouk was a bustling home to almost 30 percent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria. Today, the weight of displacement, hardship and the loss of loved ones add to the difficult living conditions in Yarmouk.
A delegation of the UNHCR accompanied by representatives of the Syrian Red Crescent Organization paid a visit to Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
Engineer Rola Maw’ed, head of the services department in Yarmouk, briefed the delegations on the dire humanitarian situation in the camp and called for speeding up reconstruction projects.
Education chief in the camp, Walid AlKurdi, quoted Samir AlJazaerli, a staffer at Damascus Governorate, as stating that a flock of buses will be dispatched to the camp in order to transfer civilians to and back from the area.
After ten years of conflict, Palestine refugees, particularly those taking shelter in Yarmouk, continue to be one of the most vulnerable groups in Syria with immense humanitarian needs.
Palestinian families taking refuge in Yarmouk Camp continue to launch cries for help over their exacerbated situation due to the price hike, high unemployment rates, steep rental fees, and the absence of fuel supplies.
The unabated warfare has had disastrous fallouts on Palestinian refugee camps across the Syrian territories. Palestinians who remained in Yarmouk or returned to the camp sometime later have been struggling for survival, in an area that has been severely affected by the deadly hostilities.
Over recent years, most of Yarmouk’s families have lived on sporadic aid handed over to them by UNRWA.
Civilians continue to appeal to the concerned authorities to speed up reconstruction works and rehabilitate infrastructure and vital facilities, including water and power networks.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees were forced out of Yarmouk Camp after the Syrian fighter jets struck the area in late 2012. Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in the onslaught. The situation went downhill after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in April 2015 and closed off vital thoroughfares to the area. Scores of other stranded families fled the camp following the 33-day military operation launched by the government forces on April 19.
Before the crisis started in 2011, Yarmouk was a bustling home to almost 30 percent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria. Today, the weight of displacement, hardship and the loss of loved ones add to the difficult living conditions in Yarmouk.
