Palestinians displaced from Syria called on UNRWA to provide winter supplies

Palestinian refugees who were displaced from Syria to Lebanon have called on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide them with urgent assistance in securing heating supplies and warm clothes as winter takes its hold.

The Association of Palestinians Displaced from Syria to Lebanon expressed its members’ demands that UNRWA fulfills its responsibilities either by distributing winter supplies and warm clothes or by granting refugees cash allowances so they can buy their urgent seasonal needs. The association also asserted that aid should include all displaced Palestinians in Lebanon.

There are some 29,000 Palestinians in Lebanon who were displaced from Syria. They suffer from difficult economic conditions due to the lack of supplies, difficulties surrounding their ability to work, and the persistent delay in UNRWA aid.