Palestinians who fled Syria’s war to neighbouring Lebanon are living up to 20 in a room with no water, fresh air or electricity, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday. More help is needed for at least 20,000 Palestinians who have already come in and more than 200 who join them every day, the chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Filippo Grandi, told Reuters. Most of the Palestinians who crossed Syria’s south-western boundary into Lebanon were living with friends and family in existing Palestinian camps set up to take in refugees after the creation of Israel in 1948. He toured the Shatila Palestinian camp in Beirut and found ‘the conditions were horrible’ for new arrivals. The main problem they have is accommodation. They rent small, cramped, very unsanitary premises without running water, without ventilation, without electricity.
Pray: for NGO’s to be able to bring relief to the 200,000 refugees and for new camps to be built and resourced. (Ps.68:9-11)