Published : 30-01-2020
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs issued its seventh annual report about the situation of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon in 2019, eight years after a tide of mass exodus to Lebanon saw the day in December 2012.
The report covered the precarious legal status and calamitous socio-economic conditions endured by Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon.
The study found out that the number of refugees in 2019 has remarkably shrunk back compared to previous years due to the deteriorating humanitarian condition, crackdowns perpetrated by the Lebanese authorities, and the large-scale anti-government protests sweeping the country for the third month running.
The report also attributed such a decrease to the poor health services, the lack of humanitarian assistance by such relief organs as UNRWA, costly visa-renewal fees, and lack of access to the local labor market.
The report further underscored the rallies and protest moves staged by Palestinians from Syria outside of the embassies of Canada, Australia, and the European Union in Beirut, among other countries, to push for humanitarian asylum.
Hamas Office of Refugee Affairs issued its seventh annual report about the situation of Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon in 2019, eight years after a tide of mass exodus to Lebanon saw the day in December 2012.
The report covered the precarious legal status and calamitous socio-economic conditions endured by Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon.
The study found out that the number of refugees in 2019 has remarkably shrunk back compared to previous years due to the deteriorating humanitarian condition, crackdowns perpetrated by the Lebanese authorities, and the large-scale anti-government protests sweeping the country for the third month running.
The report also attributed such a decrease to the poor health services, the lack of humanitarian assistance by such relief organs as UNRWA, costly visa-renewal fees, and lack of access to the local labor market.
The report further underscored the rallies and protest moves staged by Palestinians from Syria outside of the embassies of Canada, Australia, and the European Union in Beirut, among other countries, to push for humanitarian asylum.
