Published : 05-10-2022
A number of Palestinian refugee families sheltered in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, have appealed to the concerned authorities and international humanitarian organizations to help them reconstruct their ravaged houses.
In appeals emailed to AGPS, a number of families said they have been overburdened by exorbitant house rents in and around Damascus.
Recently, Walid AlKurdi, UNRWA’s education chief in Yarmouk Camp paid a visit to the area and expressed deep concern over the dire humanitarian situation in the camp, where scores of family homes are left with neither doors nor windows.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page, AlKurdi sounded the alarm over the abject living conditions in Yarmouk Camp, where vulnerable Palestinian refugees and children have been left without roofs over their heads with the advent of cold weather.
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. Located eight kilometers from Damascus, it is one of three unofficial camps 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.
A number of Palestinian refugee families sheltered in Yarmouk Camp, south of Damascus, have appealed to the concerned authorities and international humanitarian organizations to help them reconstruct their ravaged houses.
In appeals emailed to AGPS, a number of families said they have been overburdened by exorbitant house rents in and around Damascus.
Recently, Walid AlKurdi, UNRWA’s education chief in Yarmouk Camp paid a visit to the area and expressed deep concern over the dire humanitarian situation in the camp, where scores of family homes are left with neither doors nor windows.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page, AlKurdi sounded the alarm over the abject living conditions in Yarmouk Camp, where vulnerable Palestinian refugees and children have been left without roofs over their heads with the advent of cold weather.
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. Located eight kilometers from Damascus, it is one of three unofficial camps 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.
