Published : 15-01-2023
Palestinian-Syrian activists in Lebanon have slammed the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) of manipulating the refugees’ suffering to mobilize funds for their campaigns.
A number of PRS accused NRC of lacking transparency and called on the refugees to boycott the organization.
“The NRC is collecting funds at our own expense”, said a Palestinian refugee. “Recently, NRC staff have paid money to UNRWA staff in order to receive personal information about a number of PRS in Lebanon and use the data to their own ends”.
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.
Palestinian-Syrian activists in Lebanon have slammed the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) of manipulating the refugees’ suffering to mobilize funds for their campaigns.
A number of PRS accused NRC of lacking transparency and called on the refugees to boycott the organization.
“The NRC is collecting funds at our own expense”, said a Palestinian refugee. “Recently, NRC staff have paid money to UNRWA staff in order to receive personal information about a number of PRS in Lebanon and use the data to their own ends”.
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.
