Published : 25-09-2021
Dozens of Palestinian refugees from Syria joined a vigil held outside of UNRWA offices in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon to protests delays in the transfer of their cash grants.
They further handed over a memorandum to UNRWA’s Director of Lebanon Operations, calling on the Agency to transfer their cash grants in USD and on time.
They demanded that 40 USD be handed over to Palestinian refugee children without exception, to secure the refugees’ right to live in dignity, and work out the legal status of Palestinians recently fleeing war-torn Syria.
UNRWA’s cash assistance represents a lifeline for the cash-stripped Palestinian refugee families who have been struggling with squalid conditions in Lebanon as a result of the multiple hardships inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic and the absence of legal protection.
According to UNRWA, 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.
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.
Dozens of Palestinian refugees from Syria joined a vigil held outside of UNRWA offices in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon to protests delays in the transfer of their cash grants.
They further handed over a memorandum to UNRWA’s Director of Lebanon Operations, calling on the Agency to transfer their cash grants in USD and on time.
They demanded that 40 USD be handed over to Palestinian refugee children without exception, to secure the refugees’ right to live in dignity, and work out the legal status of Palestinians recently fleeing war-torn Syria.
UNRWA’s cash assistance represents a lifeline for the cash-stripped Palestinian refugee families who have been struggling with squalid conditions in Lebanon as a result of the multiple hardships inflicted by the coronavirus pandemic and the absence of legal protection.
According to UNRWA, 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.
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.
