Published : 09-02-2022
Activists have called on the residents of Yarmouk Camp to submit more demands for entry permits to Yarmouk Camp in order to retrieve their property.
A number of residents said they are unable to return to the camp and reconstruct their houses after they lost their livelihoods and got their belongings and furniture stolen from the abandoned camp.
A resident said a trust fund should be established by trusted parties in order to raise funds for house reconstruction in the camp.
Activists urged Palestinian political factions to mobilize volunteers and professionals to actively contribute in bringing life back to normal in the camp beyond political calculations.
UN data indicates that before the eruption of the conflict in 2011, Yarmouk was home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees, making it the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria.
In December 2012, fierce clashes erupted in Yarmouk, causing numerous civilian casualties, severe damage to property and the displacement of thousands of Palestine refugees and Syrians. The camp was under siege from July 2013, drastically restricting the entry of commercial and humanitarian goods.
In April 2015, armed opposition groups captured over 60 per cent of the camp, containing over 90 per cent of the remaining civilian population. This not only made relief institutions unable to carry out any distributions inside Yarmouk but also displaced most of the remaining 18,000 Palestine refugees and other civilians to the neighboring areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Saham (YBB).
Almost all the remaining Palestine refugees left during the final government offensive for Yarmouk in April-May 2018, after which the government retook control of the camp.
Activists have called on the residents of Yarmouk Camp to submit more demands for entry permits to Yarmouk Camp in order to retrieve their property.
A number of residents said they are unable to return to the camp and reconstruct their houses after they lost their livelihoods and got their belongings and furniture stolen from the abandoned camp.
A resident said a trust fund should be established by trusted parties in order to raise funds for house reconstruction in the camp.
Activists urged Palestinian political factions to mobilize volunteers and professionals to actively contribute in bringing life back to normal in the camp beyond political calculations.
UN data indicates that before the eruption of the conflict in 2011, Yarmouk was home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees, making it the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria.
In December 2012, fierce clashes erupted in Yarmouk, causing numerous civilian casualties, severe damage to property and the displacement of thousands of Palestine refugees and Syrians. The camp was under siege from July 2013, drastically restricting the entry of commercial and humanitarian goods.
In April 2015, armed opposition groups captured over 60 per cent of the camp, containing over 90 per cent of the remaining civilian population. This not only made relief institutions unable to carry out any distributions inside Yarmouk but also displaced most of the remaining 18,000 Palestine refugees and other civilians to the neighboring areas of Yalda, Babila and Beit Saham (YBB).
Almost all the remaining Palestine refugees left during the final government offensive for Yarmouk in April-May 2018, after which the government retook control of the camp.
