Palestinian refugees in Lebanon three times more likely to die with COVID-19
Beirut, LebanonThomson Reuters Foundation Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are three times more likely to die with COVID-19 than the population as a whole, according to UN figures that highlight the pandemic’s outsized impact on the community. An estimated 207,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon after being driven from their homes or fleeing the conflict surrounding […]
World Council of Churches says US decision to stop funding UN agency helping Palestinian refugees is “amoral and unjust”
The US Government decision to stop funding a UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees is “amoral and unjust”, according to the head of the World Council of Churches. The US State Department announced the decision to stop funding the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees late last week, saying that it has previously made it […]