UNRWA has reported that almost all its installations in the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk near Damascus as well as the Dera’a camp in the South of Syria sustained considerable damage or destruction in the war-torn country.
According to a damage assessment report released on Saturday by the agency there are 23 UNRWA premises including 16 schools in Yarmouk and almost all of them need major repairs.
75 percent of those premises need to be rebuilt and all three of the agency’s health centers in Yarmouk are completely destroyed.
In Dera’a camp only one distribution center has been left untouched. The other six installations including three school buildings and a clinic will need substantial repairs.
Despite the huge damage and lack of basic infrastructure the report said some people have already started to return to Dera’a camp.
Dera’a camp was home to 10000 Palestinian refugees before 2011. So far 400 families have returned since the government retook control in July 2018.
Yarmouk was home to about 160000 Palestinian refugees before the conflict. Like in Dera’a the vast majority of houses have been affected and all basic infrastructure has been destroyed.
