Forced Migration Review (Aug 2006)

UNRWA: assisting Palestine refugees in a challenging environment

  • Greta Gunnarsdóttir

Journal volume & issue
no. 26
pp. 10 – 12

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UNRWA is the largest UN operation in the Middle East, with over 27,000 staff, almost all of whom are refugees themselves. Originally envisaged as an organisation with a temporary mandate, UNRWA’sprogrammes have evolved to meet the changing needsof the 4.3 million Palestine refugees living in the GazaStrip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

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