| In Syria, Palestine refugees create hope in the midst of tragedy
| 19 June 2013
Amal is one of many Palestine refugees displaced by the ongoing conflict in Syria. The 38 year-old mother of four is exhausted physically and emotionally after she and her family left their home in Husseinieh for Sbeineh camp in Damascus, and finally to Jaramana in search of safety. |
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| The United States donates US$ 123m to UNRWA
| 18 June 2013
The United States announced a new contribution of US$ 123 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which will enable the Agency to continue its work serving a population of some five million registered Palestine refugees in the region. |
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| Palestinian families fleeing Syria struggle to survive
| 18 June 2013
UNRWA marks this year’s World Refugee Day by bringing attention to the stories of refugees in its five fields of operation. The following story sheds light on the vulnerability of Palestine refugees displaced by the ongoing violence in Syria. |
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| Palestine refugee surrounded by settlements, imprisoned at home
| 17 June 2013
To mark the occasion of World Refugee Day, UNRWA is putting a spotlight on the situation of Palestine refugees in the Agency’s five fields of operation. Today, we bring you the story of a Palestine refugee woman whose life has been deeply affected by settlement construction in the old city of Hebron, in the West Bank. |
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| More than half of the Palestinian Refugee Camps in Syria “Theatres of War”
| 16 June 2013
The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi, has told a meeting of stakeholders that seven out of the twelve Palestinian refugee camps in Syria have become “theatres of war" which are often inaccessible to UNRWA. Killings, kidnappings, poverty, destruction and fear have become part of daily life”, he said.
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| Opening Statement by the Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi, at the Meeting of the UNRWA Advisory Commission
| 16 June 2013
I join the chair in thanking Jordan for hosting this meeting and I look forward to Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh’s address tomorrow. In these difficult times, UNRWA’s relationship with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan continues to be essential to its work in support of Palestine refugees. |
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| UNRWA film receives prize in international festival
| 13 June 2013
A film by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) received second prize in the 5th Millennium International Documentary Film Festival in Brussels on Sunday. |
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| UNRWA condemns attack on Sbeineh Palestine refugee camp in Syria
| 30 May 2013
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has learned of a large explosion in Sbeineh Camp, Damascus Governorate, on 27 May, 2013. Early reports suggested that the explosion was caused by a ground-to-ground missile or airstrike. |
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| Displaced Palestine refugees in Syria mark Nakba Day
| 28 May 2013
Despite the devastating humanitarian consequences the tragedy of displacement has wrought, a group of displaced Palestine refugees sheltering in one of UNRWA’s schools took a pause from their daily preoccupations to mark the 65th anniversary of Nakba Day. |
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| Unprecedented study of Bedouin communities relocated by Israel in 1997 says their situation is unsustainable
| 28 May 2013
The first study of its kind about the transfer against their will of 150 Palestine refugee Bedouin families says that their situation has become socially and economically “non viable”. |
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