Published : 05-06-2016
The Joint Coordination Body - spokesperson for the Palestinian refugees from Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Gaza Strip and the Follow-up Committee for Refugees from Syria in the Gaza Strip demanded the PLO to take all steps it deems appropriate to find a radical solution regarding the plight of refugees from the Arab countries, and demanded the international institutions concerned with refugees during the wars to bear responsibility towards them along with relevant national institutions, led by the PLO and the Palestinian Authority.
This came in a message that was directed to "Zakaria al-Agha," executive committee member and head of the Department of Refugee Affairs in the PLO, said that the refugees from the Arab countries have not received the allocated aid since 2015 that was scheduled to be distributed three months ago.
Any mechanism to implement the Cabinet decision calling for the right of refugees to provide jobs and harboring was not discussed yet.
The bodies added that, in light of the difficult conditions experienced by the Gaza Strip, the spread of unemployment, the pision, and the failure of NGOs and international organizations to help refugees, claiming that the concerns of international institutions is focused on the refugees in neighboring countries, forgetting that our access to Gaza is the result of the ongoing events in the countries of conflict.
The bodies described the situation of Palestinian refugees displaced into the Gaza Strip as tragic situation, and it became much more than imagined, as starvation and poverty affected all families without exception. At the end of the message, the bodies called the head of the Department of Refugee Affairs to carry national and moral responsibility.
It is noteworthy that about a thousand Palestinian Syrian refugees are facing very difficult and cruel living conditions after they fled from the war in Syria, where they are suffering from dire economic conditions, in addition to their inability to secure housing and employment, due to the catastrophic situation of the Gaza Strip, which caused by the latest Zionist aggression, in addition to the ongoing blockade for several years.
The Joint Coordination Body - spokesperson for the Palestinian refugees from Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Gaza Strip and the Follow-up Committee for Refugees from Syria in the Gaza Strip demanded the PLO to take all steps it deems appropriate to find a radical solution regarding the plight of refugees from the Arab countries, and demanded the international institutions concerned with refugees during the wars to bear responsibility towards them along with relevant national institutions, led by the PLO and the Palestinian Authority.
This came in a message that was directed to "Zakaria al-Agha," executive committee member and head of the Department of Refugee Affairs in the PLO, said that the refugees from the Arab countries have not received the allocated aid since 2015 that was scheduled to be distributed three months ago.
Any mechanism to implement the Cabinet decision calling for the right of refugees to provide jobs and harboring was not discussed yet.
The bodies added that, in light of the difficult conditions experienced by the Gaza Strip, the spread of unemployment, the pision, and the failure of NGOs and international organizations to help refugees, claiming that the concerns of international institutions is focused on the refugees in neighboring countries, forgetting that our access to Gaza is the result of the ongoing events in the countries of conflict.
The bodies described the situation of Palestinian refugees displaced into the Gaza Strip as tragic situation, and it became much more than imagined, as starvation and poverty affected all families without exception. At the end of the message, the bodies called the head of the Department of Refugee Affairs to carry national and moral responsibility.
It is noteworthy that about a thousand Palestinian Syrian refugees are facing very difficult and cruel living conditions after they fled from the war in Syria, where they are suffering from dire economic conditions, in addition to their inability to secure housing and employment, due to the catastrophic situation of the Gaza Strip, which caused by the latest Zionist aggression, in addition to the ongoing blockade for several years.
