Director-General of the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (GAPAR), Ali Mustafa, has called upon UNRWA’s Commissioner-General to work on securing Palestinian refugees’ access to much-needed humanitarian and cash aid.
Musatafa called for increasing aid allotted to the refugees, after years of protracted displacement and dispossession. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation far worse.
In a letter to UNRWA, GAPAR urged the Agency to deliver aid every month rather than on a trimestral basis, saying an emergency aid plan should be adopted in order to ensure that Palestinian refugees continue receiving much-needed cash assistance so they can buy food and stay safe.