Published : 09-03-2022
The protracted consequences of the Syria crisis, coupled with the socio-economic deterioration and the impacts of COVID-19, continue to pose grave humanitarian challenges to Palestine refugees.
Localized active fighting in Syria continued in 2022, including in and around Palestinian refugee camps, causing the displacement of thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Despite the overall reduction in hostilities, insecurity continues to affect the Palestine refugee community. This situation has not improved in 2022.
According to UNRWA estimates, around 40 per cent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria remain in protracted displacement.
The risk posed to civilians by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in areas that witnessed active conflict in the past, including some Palestine refugee camps, remains high.
The deteriorating Syrian economy and rising inflation is giving rise to a real threat of hunger. A drastic loss of purchasing power has increased fears amongst the population, including Palestine refugees, about their ability to meet their basic needs, in particular food.
An UNRWA survey found that 82 per cent of the refugees interviewed now live on less than US$ 1.9 a day and that 48 per cent of total household expenditure was spent on food, indicating severe distress within families.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed increased hardship on the entire community, affecting Palestine refugees’ income and livelihood opportunities.
A decade of crisis has undermined the social fabric that held refugee communities and the wider Syrian society together and pre-existing family and community-level support for women and girls is no longer guaranteed.
The protracted consequences of the Syria crisis, coupled with the socio-economic deterioration and the impacts of COVID-19, continue to pose grave humanitarian challenges to Palestine refugees.
Localized active fighting in Syria continued in 2022, including in and around Palestinian refugee camps, causing the displacement of thousands of Palestinians and Syrians.
Despite the overall reduction in hostilities, insecurity continues to affect the Palestine refugee community. This situation has not improved in 2022.
According to UNRWA estimates, around 40 per cent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria remain in protracted displacement.
The risk posed to civilians by Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) in areas that witnessed active conflict in the past, including some Palestine refugee camps, remains high.
The deteriorating Syrian economy and rising inflation is giving rise to a real threat of hunger. A drastic loss of purchasing power has increased fears amongst the population, including Palestine refugees, about their ability to meet their basic needs, in particular food.
An UNRWA survey found that 82 per cent of the refugees interviewed now live on less than US$ 1.9 a day and that 48 per cent of total household expenditure was spent on food, indicating severe distress within families.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed increased hardship on the entire community, affecting Palestine refugees’ income and livelihood opportunities.
A decade of crisis has undermined the social fabric that held refugee communities and the wider Syrian society together and pre-existing family and community-level support for women and girls is no longer guaranteed.
