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Wednesday 03 Feb 2016 - 13:56 Makkah mean time-24-4-1437
Ramallah, (IINA) - The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) launched on Tuesday an emergency appeal for $414 million so as to enable it to meet the critical humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees affected by the conflict in Syria.
According to UNRWA’s press release, the agency’s 2016 Emergency Appeal for the Syria Regional Crisis aims to support 450,000 Palestine refugees in Syria, as well as the 60,000 who have fled to Lebanon and Jordan.
“In the midst of the broader Syrian tragedy, and with just two days to go before the London donors’ conference, it is critical that the plight of the Palestine refugee community is not underestimated or forgotten”, stated UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl.
Palestine refugees have been dramatically affected by the crisis due to their proximity to conflict areas inside Syria, high rates of poverty and the tenuous legal status of those forced to flee to Lebanon and Jordan.
Over 60 percent of those remaining inside Syria (280,000 people) are internally displaced, with an estimated 95 percent (430,000) in need of sustained humanitarian assistance. This includes tens of thousands who are trapped in areas of active conflict, with extremely constrained access to humanitarian aid.
“Acute and protracted conflict environments such as Syria call for both immediate humanitarian aid and longer-term development responses”, said Krähenbühl. “UNRWA offers both of these as part of one sustained intervention”.
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