Published : 08-06-2016
The joint coordinating body for refugees from Arab countries (Syria - Libya - Yemen) organized a solidarity sit-in in Gaza City with the participation of Palestinian refugees displaced by the wars in Syria, Iraq, and Libya to the Gaza Strip.
The organizers demanded the Palestinian Ministry of Finance in Ramallah to spend their dues for August and September 2015, as they demanded to put pressure on the UNRWA in order to spend their dues housing allowance for Palestinian Syrian refugees in Gaza which are owed seven months ago.
The head of the body, "Atef Amawi," described the Ministry of Finance in Ramallah regarding this file by following what he described as the status of indifference policy, and he called on the PLO and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand with these families by the holy month of Ramadan. He also demanded to speed up the development of a clear mechanism implements the Cabinet decisions on (05/04/2016) in a session no. (97).
For his part, the Managing Director of Haqi Assembly for refugees from Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Iraq, "Mohammed Sheikh," said that this solidarity sit-in expresses the anger of refugees who have not been paid for several months.
It is noteworthy that about one thousand Palestinian Syrian refugees are facing very cruel living difficulties after they fled the ongoing war in Syria, as they suffer of dire economic conditions, in addition to the inability to secure housing and jobs due to the catastrophic conditions in the Gaza strip, which resulted of the last Zionist aggression, in addition to the ongoing siege imposed several years ago.
The joint coordinating body for refugees from Arab countries (Syria - Libya - Yemen) organized a solidarity sit-in in Gaza City with the participation of Palestinian refugees displaced by the wars in Syria, Iraq, and Libya to the Gaza Strip.
The organizers demanded the Palestinian Ministry of Finance in Ramallah to spend their dues for August and September 2015, as they demanded to put pressure on the UNRWA in order to spend their dues housing allowance for Palestinian Syrian refugees in Gaza which are owed seven months ago.
The head of the body, "Atef Amawi," described the Ministry of Finance in Ramallah regarding this file by following what he described as the status of indifference policy, and he called on the PLO and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand with these families by the holy month of Ramadan. He also demanded to speed up the development of a clear mechanism implements the Cabinet decisions on (05/04/2016) in a session no. (97).
For his part, the Managing Director of Haqi Assembly for refugees from Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Iraq, "Mohammed Sheikh," said that this solidarity sit-in expresses the anger of refugees who have not been paid for several months.
It is noteworthy that about one thousand Palestinian Syrian refugees are facing very cruel living difficulties after they fled the ongoing war in Syria, as they suffer of dire economic conditions, in addition to the inability to secure housing and jobs due to the catastrophic conditions in the Gaza strip, which resulted of the last Zionist aggression, in addition to the ongoing siege imposed several years ago.
