Lebanon – Working Group
The reporter of the working Group in Lebanon reported that dozens of displaced Palestinian-Syrian families have returned to their camps and gathering places in Syria since the start of the Israeli aggression on Lebanon last month.
Our reporter pointed out that 80 percent of the families returning to Syria were residing in the city of Tyre and its Palestinian camps in southern Lebanon, Beirut, and the Bekaa Valley region. The reporter mentioned that more than 700 Palestinian-Syrian families displaced from the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon, who were living in the Burj al-Shamali, Rashidiya, and al-Bass camps, moved to safer areas in central and western Bekaa. Additionally, more than 100 Palestinian-Syrian families who were living in the Burj al-Barajneh and Shatila camps in Beirut relocated to the city of Tripoli and the al-Badawi and Nahr al-Bared camps, while some families preferred to stay in their homes and wait for their fate.
In turn, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that more than 90,000 people were forced to leave their homes in southern Lebanon between September 17 and 24, seeking shelter in other parts of the country. It pointed out that 35% of the displaced individuals under its care and residing in its shelters are Palestinian refugees who have been displaced from Syria.
Palestinian refugees from Syria, who have been displaced in Lebanon and number around 23,000, suffer from the marginalization by Palestinian factions and official entities, which show little concern for their fate. Despite the appeals they have made to local and international humanitarian organizations, as well as Palestinian factions and associations for assistance, they have received little to no response, which has increased their feelings of frustration and disappointment, leaving them to an uncertain fate and are blown by the wind of a war that leaves nothing behind.
Dozens of displaced Palestinian families in Lebanon return to Syria
