Published : 14-03-2017
Families displaced from Yarmouk rallied outside the Quds Alternative School in Yalda, south of Damascus, calling on UNRWA to provide them with relief aids, which have been suspended since June 2016.
Yarmouk’s displaced community called on all concerned bodies and Palestinian factions to rally round them.
The rally-goers further urged UNRWA to secure life-saving services and a humanitarian passageway for the Palestinian refugees and famished children.
“We, the displaced Palestinian refugees taking shelter in Yalda and Babila, adjacent to Yarmouk, would like to inquire about the reasons why the UN Secretary-General has suspended relief assistance for 13,000 poverty-stricken and sick Palestinian refugees for over eight months. We announce our first strike of anger to demand that the UN assume its duties vis-à-vis the Palestinian community stranded in southern Damascus,” a letter by the refugees read.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees fled Yarmouk Camp after the government forces targeted the shelter with MIG fighter jets. Thousands of other stranded civilians were forced out of Yarmouk after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in early April 2015, in cooperation with AlNusra Front battalion.
Families displaced from Yarmouk rallied outside the Quds Alternative School in Yalda, south of Damascus, calling on UNRWA to provide them with relief aids, which have been suspended since June 2016.
Yarmouk’s displaced community called on all concerned bodies and Palestinian factions to rally round them.
The rally-goers further urged UNRWA to secure life-saving services and a humanitarian passageway for the Palestinian refugees and famished children.
“We, the displaced Palestinian refugees taking shelter in Yalda and Babila, adjacent to Yarmouk, would like to inquire about the reasons why the UN Secretary-General has suspended relief assistance for 13,000 poverty-stricken and sick Palestinian refugees for over eight months. We announce our first strike of anger to demand that the UN assume its duties vis-à-vis the Palestinian community stranded in southern Damascus,” a letter by the refugees read.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees fled Yarmouk Camp after the government forces targeted the shelter with MIG fighter jets. Thousands of other stranded civilians were forced out of Yarmouk after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in early April 2015, in cooperation with AlNusra Front battalion.
