Published : 29-11-2022
Over 60% of houses, buildings, and commercial facilities in Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Syria, sustained partial damage due to the air strikes launched by the Syrian and Russian forces since the outbreak of the conflict.
Over 20% of buildings have been totally destroyed. 40% of buildings have been subjected to property-theft.
Effort made by UNRWA and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) have led to the reconstruction of no more than 62 houses in the camp.
The camp, once home to 10,000 Palestine refugees, was severely damaged during the conflict. Since their displacement, over 3,700 Palestine refugees have returned to Dera’a, where they faced extremely difficult living conditions, extensive damage and limited access to basic infrastructure. UNRWA is their sole provider of basic services.
UN data indicates that over 40 per cent of Palestine refugees living in Syria are displaced internally, with over 90 per cent living on less than US$ 2 a day. Twelve years of conflict, coupled with the global COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of the crisis in Ukraine on food prices, make it increasingly difficult for many Palestine refugees to pay rent outside camps. Many have no other choice but to return to living amidst the rubble of their damaged or destroyed homes.
Over 60% of houses, buildings, and commercial facilities in Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Syria, sustained partial damage due to the air strikes launched by the Syrian and Russian forces since the outbreak of the conflict.
Over 20% of buildings have been totally destroyed. 40% of buildings have been subjected to property-theft.
Effort made by UNRWA and the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR) have led to the reconstruction of no more than 62 houses in the camp.
The camp, once home to 10,000 Palestine refugees, was severely damaged during the conflict. Since their displacement, over 3,700 Palestine refugees have returned to Dera’a, where they faced extremely difficult living conditions, extensive damage and limited access to basic infrastructure. UNRWA is their sole provider of basic services.
UN data indicates that over 40 per cent of Palestine refugees living in Syria are displaced internally, with over 90 per cent living on less than US$ 2 a day. Twelve years of conflict, coupled with the global COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the impact of the crisis in Ukraine on food prices, make it increasingly difficult for many Palestine refugees to pay rent outside camps. Many have no other choice but to return to living amidst the rubble of their damaged or destroyed homes.
