Published : 15-09-2017
Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Pierre Krähenbühl, announced on September 12th that the agency is facing a budget deficit of $126 million this year, meaning it will have no money at the end of this month.
In his address to the opening session of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers held in Cairo, Krähenbühl requested the Arab countries to strongly support the agency in order to maintain its vital and important role in helping 5.3 million Palestinian refugees, until they reach a horizon.
Krähenbühl expressed his anger over the fate of the Palestinian refugees in the Middle East that are suffering more poverty and pain.
He said: I have seen the pain, destruction and repeated displacement of the Palestinian refugees in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as well as the great pain and exclusion of Palestine refugees in the camp of Ein el-Hilweh in Lebanon. I also saw the daily impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian refugees in the Jalazon refugee camp in the West Bank, in addition to the disastrous humanitarian conditions of Gaza Strip refugees that I witnessed last week.
According to UNRWA’s statistics, out of 560 thousand Palestinian refugees living in Syria before the outbreak of war, only 450 thousand refugees remain inside it. 95% are in desperate need of humanitarian aid to be able to stay alive, of which 43 thousand are stranded in besieged areas that are impossible to reach.
UNRWA also confirmed that more than 120 thousand Palestinian refugees in Syria have fled outside the country, including 30 thousand who have headed to Lebanon and 17 thousand in Jordan where they are facing a marginalized and worrying existence.
On another hand, UNWRA announced that in cooperation with the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees, an audit will be conducted on the inpidual data of Palestinian refugees benefiting from financial aid and living in Aleppo in northern Syria during the period starting September 9th 2017 and ending October 4th 2017. This is to ensure the presence of all the beneficiaries of the financial aid in Syria and updating the list of names.
UNRWA confirmed that this process will not affect the records of the Palestinian refugees and the services provided to them in Syria, noting that the records of the agency and the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees will be the references for providing the main services: education, health relief and social affairs of Palestinian refugees.
According to UNRWA, the families whose names were not included in the list for not receiving aid during the third financial session of the year 2017 or did not collect the new registration card, are requested to file a complaint in UNRWA’s offices and conduct a direct audit. Complaints are to be accepted from the 5th until 31st of November 2017.
Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Pierre Krähenbühl, announced on September 12th that the agency is facing a budget deficit of $126 million this year, meaning it will have no money at the end of this month.
In his address to the opening session of the Council of Arab Foreign Ministers held in Cairo, Krähenbühl requested the Arab countries to strongly support the agency in order to maintain its vital and important role in helping 5.3 million Palestinian refugees, until they reach a horizon.
Krähenbühl expressed his anger over the fate of the Palestinian refugees in the Middle East that are suffering more poverty and pain.
He said: I have seen the pain, destruction and repeated displacement of the Palestinian refugees in the Syrian city of Aleppo, as well as the great pain and exclusion of Palestine refugees in the camp of Ein el-Hilweh in Lebanon. I also saw the daily impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian refugees in the Jalazon refugee camp in the West Bank, in addition to the disastrous humanitarian conditions of Gaza Strip refugees that I witnessed last week.
According to UNRWA’s statistics, out of 560 thousand Palestinian refugees living in Syria before the outbreak of war, only 450 thousand refugees remain inside it. 95% are in desperate need of humanitarian aid to be able to stay alive, of which 43 thousand are stranded in besieged areas that are impossible to reach.
UNRWA also confirmed that more than 120 thousand Palestinian refugees in Syria have fled outside the country, including 30 thousand who have headed to Lebanon and 17 thousand in Jordan where they are facing a marginalized and worrying existence.
On another hand, UNWRA announced that in cooperation with the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees, an audit will be conducted on the inpidual data of Palestinian refugees benefiting from financial aid and living in Aleppo in northern Syria during the period starting September 9th 2017 and ending October 4th 2017. This is to ensure the presence of all the beneficiaries of the financial aid in Syria and updating the list of names.
UNRWA confirmed that this process will not affect the records of the Palestinian refugees and the services provided to them in Syria, noting that the records of the agency and the General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugees will be the references for providing the main services: education, health relief and social affairs of Palestinian refugees.
According to UNRWA, the families whose names were not included in the list for not receiving aid during the third financial session of the year 2017 or did not collect the new registration card, are requested to file a complaint in UNRWA’s offices and conduct a direct audit. Complaints are to be accepted from the 5th until 31st of November 2017.
