How Palestine refugees cope during the coronavirus MENASource by UNWRA
The coronavirus has swept across the world, putting some of the world’s most vulnerable communities further at risk. Among those are Palestine refugees, who have lived in crowded camps across the Middle East in exile and dispossession for the past seventy years. Created over seven decades ago to assist Palestine refugees, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East’s (UNRWA) provision of human development services is more vital now than ever. While access to free healthcare, education, relief, and social services have been a mainstay of its operations from day one, UNRWA has adapted its presence on the ground in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and the occupied Palestinian territory including East Jerusalem to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.