(ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER 25 - The European Union has
announced an additional contribution of 8 million euros (6
million euro for emergency education and 2 million euro for
shelter assistance) to the United Nations Relief and Works
Agency (UNRWA), which will help the Agency provide emergency
education and shelter assistance to Palestine refugee children
from Syria in Lebanon. The agreements were signed by UNRWA
Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi and Commissioner for
Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle in New
York at the margins of the UN General Assembly.
The conflict in Syria continues to affect the Palestine refugee community. According to the latest headcount carried out by UNRWA in mid-August 2013, approximately 45,000 Palestine refugees fled from Syria to Lebanon as a result of the conflict and are currently residing in the country. Palestine refugees from Syria arriving in Lebanon are highly dependent on the host community and UNRWA and are in need of humanitarian aid in a large range of areas, including protection, emergency cash for food, housing and winter clothing, non-food items, health care, emergency education, psycho-social support, and environmental health. The arrival of additional refugees from Syria increases the burden on both the Palestine refugee community and UNRWA's already stretched services. (ANSAmed).
The conflict in Syria continues to affect the Palestine refugee community. According to the latest headcount carried out by UNRWA in mid-August 2013, approximately 45,000 Palestine refugees fled from Syria to Lebanon as a result of the conflict and are currently residing in the country. Palestine refugees from Syria arriving in Lebanon are highly dependent on the host community and UNRWA and are in need of humanitarian aid in a large range of areas, including protection, emergency cash for food, housing and winter clothing, non-food items, health care, emergency education, psycho-social support, and environmental health. The arrival of additional refugees from Syria increases the burden on both the Palestine refugee community and UNRWA's already stretched services. (ANSAmed).
