Published : 02-04-2022
Property-theft has been increasingly reported in Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Syria.
Home burglary and theft of commercial facilities and vehicles have been reported almost on a daily basis, exacerbating the abject living conditions in the camp.
The residents attributed the phenomenon to uncontrolled drug consumption and increasing crime rates. They called on local authorities to take serious measures in response to property-theft and to protect civilians against theft gangsters.
Deraa camp was home to 10,500 Palestine refugees before 2011. As of February 2020, some 800 families had returned to the camp and 750 students to the UNRWA schools, according to UNRWA.
The camp was initially set up on an area of 0.04 square kilometers, and it now covers an area of 1.3 square kilometers. In addition to the 10,500 Palestine refugees in the camp, there were more than 17.500 Palestine refugees living in neighboring Syrian villages before the conflict. Most of them worked as farmers on Syrian-owned lands, others were employed as wage laborers, government workers and a few as UNRWA staff.
Deraa camp and its surroundings returned to government control in the summer of 2018. The camp is now largely destroyed.
Property-theft has been increasingly reported in Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Syria.
Home burglary and theft of commercial facilities and vehicles have been reported almost on a daily basis, exacerbating the abject living conditions in the camp.
The residents attributed the phenomenon to uncontrolled drug consumption and increasing crime rates. They called on local authorities to take serious measures in response to property-theft and to protect civilians against theft gangsters.
Deraa camp was home to 10,500 Palestine refugees before 2011. As of February 2020, some 800 families had returned to the camp and 750 students to the UNRWA schools, according to UNRWA.
The camp was initially set up on an area of 0.04 square kilometers, and it now covers an area of 1.3 square kilometers. In addition to the 10,500 Palestine refugees in the camp, there were more than 17.500 Palestine refugees living in neighboring Syrian villages before the conflict. Most of them worked as farmers on Syrian-owned lands, others were employed as wage laborers, government workers and a few as UNRWA staff.
Deraa camp and its surroundings returned to government control in the summer of 2018. The camp is now largely destroyed.
