Published : 28-12-2022
Residents of Khan Dannun Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Rif Dimashq, said official complaints should be handed over to the concerned authorities over their deteriorating humanitarian condition in the camp.
The residents said UNRWA, GAPAR, and other concerned bodies have failed to take up their duties regarding civilians’ calls for an urgent humanitarian response.
The purchasing power index among Palestinian refugees living in war-torn Syria has dramatically gone down since the outbreak of the conflict.
In Khan Dannun refugee camp, prices have skyrocketed while civilians can barely afford a few pounds to get their most basic needs.
Hundreds of families have had women as their sole breadwinners; and in several other cases boys and girls are spotted begging in the street for a few pounds.
Water supplies have been repeatedly cut off across residential neighborhoods in Khan Dannun, forcing civilians to buy drinking water from privately-owned tanks at steep prices. The residents have also denounced the ongoing electricity blackout.
Khan Dannun camp was built several centuries ago to give overnight accommodation to trading caravans on the ancient route between Jerusalem and Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). In 1948, the ruins of the city provided shelter for refugees from villages in northern Palestine.
The camp, which lies 23 km south of Damascus, was officially established in 1950-1951 on an area of 0.03 square kilometers. The camp was home to 10,000 Palestine refugees by 2011, almost all of whom were living in irregular housing, constructed without any formal approval from the municipality.
Before the conflict in Syria, the camp was already one of the poorest camps in Syria. The conflict exerted additional pressures. The camp was surrounded by armed opposition groups and many refugee families displaced from other areas of Damascus took refuge in the camp, tripling the number of residents to some 30,000 during the crisis. Currently, the camp is home to 12,650 Palestine refugees. The increase of the camp population has had a negative impact on the camp’s infrastructure.
Residents of Khan Dannun Camp for Palestinian refugees, in Rif Dimashq, said official complaints should be handed over to the concerned authorities over their deteriorating humanitarian condition in the camp.
The residents said UNRWA, GAPAR, and other concerned bodies have failed to take up their duties regarding civilians’ calls for an urgent humanitarian response.
The purchasing power index among Palestinian refugees living in war-torn Syria has dramatically gone down since the outbreak of the conflict.
In Khan Dannun refugee camp, prices have skyrocketed while civilians can barely afford a few pounds to get their most basic needs.
Hundreds of families have had women as their sole breadwinners; and in several other cases boys and girls are spotted begging in the street for a few pounds.
Water supplies have been repeatedly cut off across residential neighborhoods in Khan Dannun, forcing civilians to buy drinking water from privately-owned tanks at steep prices. The residents have also denounced the ongoing electricity blackout.
Khan Dannun camp was built several centuries ago to give overnight accommodation to trading caravans on the ancient route between Jerusalem and Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). In 1948, the ruins of the city provided shelter for refugees from villages in northern Palestine.
The camp, which lies 23 km south of Damascus, was officially established in 1950-1951 on an area of 0.03 square kilometers. The camp was home to 10,000 Palestine refugees by 2011, almost all of whom were living in irregular housing, constructed without any formal approval from the municipality.
Before the conflict in Syria, the camp was already one of the poorest camps in Syria. The conflict exerted additional pressures. The camp was surrounded by armed opposition groups and many refugee families displaced from other areas of Damascus took refuge in the camp, tripling the number of residents to some 30,000 during the crisis. Currently, the camp is home to 12,650 Palestine refugees. The increase of the camp population has had a negative impact on the camp’s infrastructure.
