Published : 27-11-2021
Activists have embarked on an e-campaign to urge the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to deliver monthly aid to Palestinian refugees in Syria.
The campaigners said UNRWA should deliver its cash grants to refugees in the war-ravaged country every month instead every four months.
UNRWA distributes its cash aid for Palestinians in Syria every four months. Refugees figuring on the list of vulnerable cases receive 175,000 SP. Refugees registered as ordinary cases get 112,500 SP.
Poverty rates have reached a zenith in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria due to the sharp decrease in the exchange rate of the Syrian pound compared to the USD and the refugees’ lack of access to the local labor market.
In its “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”, UNRWA said that 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.
Activists have embarked on an e-campaign to urge the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to deliver monthly aid to Palestinian refugees in Syria.
The campaigners said UNRWA should deliver its cash grants to refugees in the war-ravaged country every month instead every four months.
UNRWA distributes its cash aid for Palestinians in Syria every four months. Refugees figuring on the list of vulnerable cases receive 175,000 SP. Refugees registered as ordinary cases get 112,500 SP.
Poverty rates have reached a zenith in Palestinian refugee camps in Syria due to the sharp decrease in the exchange rate of the Syrian pound compared to the USD and the refugees’ lack of access to the local labor market.
In its “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”, UNRWA said that 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.
