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Following Pressure, Palestinians from Syria Cancel Lebanon Vigil

Published : 28-03-2021

Following Pressure, Palestinians from Syria Cancel Lebanon Vigil

Palestinians from Syria have canceled a vigil which was slated to be held outside of the Palestine Embassy in Lebanon to push for urgent humanitarian action.

The move comes following promises made by the Embassy to work out the refugees’ dire humanitarian condition.

Chairman of the Committee of Displaced Palestinians from Syria in Lebanon said pressure was exerted on the committee to cancel the protest move.

25,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have been facing dire conditions across Lebanese villages and refugee camps.

Though PRS are denied access to the local labor market and are heavily reliant on humanitarian aid, they have been forced to pay accommodation fees and denied their right to vital services. 

PRS families are unable to pay hospitalization charges and to secure much-needed medicines due to their dire socio-economic condition and the multiple hardships inflicted by years of displacement along with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its fact sheet entitled “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”, UNRWA said that 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.

UNRWA’s factsheet indicates that 257,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are in need of UNRWA emergency cash assistance.

Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.

Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/11491

Palestinians from Syria have canceled a vigil which was slated to be held outside of the Palestine Embassy in Lebanon to push for urgent humanitarian action.

The move comes following promises made by the Embassy to work out the refugees’ dire humanitarian condition.

Chairman of the Committee of Displaced Palestinians from Syria in Lebanon said pressure was exerted on the committee to cancel the protest move.

25,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have been facing dire conditions across Lebanese villages and refugee camps.

Though PRS are denied access to the local labor market and are heavily reliant on humanitarian aid, they have been forced to pay accommodation fees and denied their right to vital services. 

PRS families are unable to pay hospitalization charges and to secure much-needed medicines due to their dire socio-economic condition and the multiple hardships inflicted by years of displacement along with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In its fact sheet entitled “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”, UNRWA said that 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.

UNRWA’s factsheet indicates that 257,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are in need of UNRWA emergency cash assistance.

Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.

Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.

 

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/11491