UNRWA

Lazzarini: UNRWA needs a sustainable system of funding

Saturday-4-February-2023

UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has warned that the refugee agency has been in a difficult financial situation since 2012 highlighting its need for a sustainable system of funding.

UNRWA appeals for $1.6 billion for its 2023 budget

Tuesday-24-January-2023

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA appealed Tuesday for $1.6 billion for its work in 2023.

Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon unprepared for winter

Friday-13-January-2023

Some 210000 Palestine refugees (180000 Palestine refugees from Lebanon and 30000 Palestine refugees from Syria) live in 12 official refugee camps in Lebanon amid very difficult living conditions.

UNRWA: Over 40 percent of Gazans are severely food-insecure

Thursday-12-January-2023

“Over 40 percent of Gazans are now severely food-insecure which means that they are regularly going a day without food” UNRWA affirmed in a new report on Wednesday.

Hamas welcomes UN resolutions in favor of Palestinian people

Tuesday-13-December-2022

Hamas Movement welcomed in a statement issued Tuesday the UN General Assembly’s resolutions in favor of the Palestinian people and refugees by extending the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees.

Palestinian activists appeal for increase in UNRWA aid

Thursday-8-December-2022

Palestinian activists in Syria refugee camps on Thursday called on the UNRWA to act urgently and provide the Palestinian refugee families with more financial and food aid.

Gaza: 2014 war victims demand compensation from UNRWA

Saturday-12-November-2022

The higher committee for the people impacted by the 2014 war in Gaza organized on Saturday morning a sit-in in protest at UNRWA’s failure to pay financial assistance for the affected families after an eight-month wait.

Poverty rates reach 93% in Palestinian refugee camps

Monday-7-November-2022

Poverty rates increased to 93 percent in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria according to Ahmad Abu Houli member of executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Commission 302: UNRWA’s statements about financial deficit dangerous

Saturday-25-June-2022

Commission 302 to Defend Refugee's Rights on Saturday stressed that the UNRWA Commissioner-General’s statement about the financial deficit which poses a challenge to the payment of Palestinian employees’ salaries warns of acute danger.

Hamas calls for int’l action to end suffering of Palestinian refugees

Sunday-19-June-2022

The Hamas Movement’s popular action bureau in Lebanon has reiterated the Palestinian refugees’ right to return to the homes and areas they were displaced from by the Israeli occupation and called for a clear and decisive international position in this regard.