Published : 25-02-2017
The Palestinian Association for Human Rights, Shahed (Witness), urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) President, Mahmoud Abbas, to pay a visit to the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during his three-day stopover in the country and to take serious action vis-à-vis their tragic situation.
A statement by Shahed sounded the alarm over the high unemployment rates and poor health services in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, especially following UNRWA cuts of its services.
Shahed NGO said 33,000 Palestinians displaced from Syria have been subjected to a calamitous situation after UNRWA suspended its shelter and relief allowances. Shahed further warned of the steep visa-renewal fees, deportation threats, and abductions faced by the Palestinians of Syria on a quasi-daily basis.
“High walls and military watchtowers are being built around Ein AlHilweh Camp, sparking panic among children, women, and elderly refugees,” a statement by Shahed read.
Ein AlHiwleh provides temporary shelter to some 726 Palestinian families from Syria.
Shahed called on Abbas to urge the Lebanese government to restore the refugees’ civil and socio-economic rights, along with the right to work and property until the Syrian warfare is brought to a standstill.
Nearly 31,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria are taking cover in Lebanon, where they have been treated as tourists and are, thus, deprived from their basic human rights, including the right to work.
The Palestinian Association for Human Rights, Shahed (Witness), urged the Palestinian Authority (PA) President, Mahmoud Abbas, to pay a visit to the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon during his three-day stopover in the country and to take serious action vis-à-vis their tragic situation.
A statement by Shahed sounded the alarm over the high unemployment rates and poor health services in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, especially following UNRWA cuts of its services.
Shahed NGO said 33,000 Palestinians displaced from Syria have been subjected to a calamitous situation after UNRWA suspended its shelter and relief allowances. Shahed further warned of the steep visa-renewal fees, deportation threats, and abductions faced by the Palestinians of Syria on a quasi-daily basis.
“High walls and military watchtowers are being built around Ein AlHilweh Camp, sparking panic among children, women, and elderly refugees,” a statement by Shahed read.
Ein AlHiwleh provides temporary shelter to some 726 Palestinian families from Syria.
Shahed called on Abbas to urge the Lebanese government to restore the refugees’ civil and socio-economic rights, along with the right to work and property until the Syrian warfare is brought to a standstill.
Nearly 31,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria are taking cover in Lebanon, where they have been treated as tourists and are, thus, deprived from their basic human rights, including the right to work.
