Published : 11-11-2022
UNRWA in Lebanon warned of fake links and message sent to registered Palestinian refugees.
A number of refugees received cash grant scams on whatsapp allegedly sent by UNRWA as a winter allowance.
The Agency said the refugees should not send their personal information and should rather delete the fake messages and block the sender.
According to UNRWA, 87.3% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories; 95% are food insecure and 80% live on cash aid handed over by UNRWA.
Statistics covering the period until the end of 2021 indicate that nearly 29,000 displaced Palestinian refugees from Syria are taking shelter in Lebanon.
Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.
UNRWA in Lebanon warned of fake links and message sent to registered Palestinian refugees.
A number of refugees received cash grant scams on whatsapp allegedly sent by UNRWA as a winter allowance.
The Agency said the refugees should not send their personal information and should rather delete the fake messages and block the sender.
According to UNRWA, 87.3% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories; 95% are food insecure and 80% live on cash aid handed over by UNRWA.
Statistics covering the period until the end of 2021 indicate that nearly 29,000 displaced Palestinian refugees from Syria are taking shelter in Lebanon.
Over 470,000 refugees are registered with UNRWA in Lebanon. About 45 per cent of them live in the country’s 12 refugee camps. Conditions in the camps are dire and characterized by overcrowding, poor housing conditions, unemployment, poverty and lack of access to justice.
Palestinians in Lebanon do not enjoy several important rights; for example, they cannot work in many professions and cannot own property (real estate). Because they are not formally citizens of another state, Palestine refugees are unable to claim the same rights as other foreigners living and working in Lebanon.
