A number of Palestinian refugees from Syria joined a vigil staged outside of the UNRWA office in the Jordanian capital city of Amman protesting the agency’s poor services.
The refugees urged the agency to shell out its monthly allowances so as to help the refugees pay their rental fees and other charges including power and water bills.
They further called for enhancing vital services and increasing aids allotted to the refugees.
Over recent months the committee speaking on behalf of the displaced Palestinian refugees from Syria in Jordan lashed out at UNRWA for turning its back on the refugees’ demands which they voiced during their sit-ins outside of the agency’s office in Amman.
UNRWA staff members pledged to take the refugees’ demands into serious consideration. However none of their promises were translated into action.
Some 17000 Palestinian refugees from Syria have been taking shelter in Jordan fleeing war-ragged Syria. They have been enduring abject living conditions as a result of the high rates of unemployment and lack of access to the local labor market.
