Published : 29-01-2022
Palestinian refugees continue to lash out at UNRWA over its apathy regarding their appeals for increasing cash grants.
UNRWA said it will transfer 75,000 Syrian pounds to vulnerable families and 55,000 to other registered families.
The cash-stripped refugees said such a sum is insufficient and does not cover their basic needs in an area where prices have skyrocketed.
Earlier this month, UNRWA announced it was seeking from the international community US$ 1.6 billion in 2022 to provide millions of Palestine refugees vital, lifesaving services and programs, including education, health, and food assistance.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said chronic Agency budget shortfalls threaten the livelihoods and well-being of the Palestine refugees that UNRWA serves and pose a serious threat to the Agency’s ability to maintain services.
The 2022 budget proposal comes as UNRWA confronts a chronic funding shortfall that undermines its effort to provide humanitarian and human development support to some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, whose needs keep increasing. Moreover, COVID-19 continues to pose serious health risks and exacerbate economic hardships across the region, with now an estimated 2.3 million Palestine refugees living in poverty.
Distress and despair have become the norm among Palestinian refugees, where many in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon report their readiness to use any means to try to migrate outside of the region.
Palestinian refugees continue to lash out at UNRWA over its apathy regarding their appeals for increasing cash grants.
UNRWA said it will transfer 75,000 Syrian pounds to vulnerable families and 55,000 to other registered families.
The cash-stripped refugees said such a sum is insufficient and does not cover their basic needs in an area where prices have skyrocketed.
Earlier this month, UNRWA announced it was seeking from the international community US$ 1.6 billion in 2022 to provide millions of Palestine refugees vital, lifesaving services and programs, including education, health, and food assistance.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said chronic Agency budget shortfalls threaten the livelihoods and well-being of the Palestine refugees that UNRWA serves and pose a serious threat to the Agency’s ability to maintain services.
The 2022 budget proposal comes as UNRWA confronts a chronic funding shortfall that undermines its effort to provide humanitarian and human development support to some of the world’s most vulnerable refugees, whose needs keep increasing. Moreover, COVID-19 continues to pose serious health risks and exacerbate economic hardships across the region, with now an estimated 2.3 million Palestine refugees living in poverty.
Distress and despair have become the norm among Palestinian refugees, where many in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon report their readiness to use any means to try to migrate outside of the region.
