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Palestinians: Syria

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Question for Department for International Development

UIN 146195, tabled on 21 May 2018

Question

Caroline Lucas
Green Party
Brighton, Pavilion
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation of Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk camp in southern Damascus; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

Alistair Burt
Conservative
North East Bedfordshire
Commons

Answered on

24 May 2018

Yarmouk camp has been effectively besieged for several years. Despite the regime takeover in recent days, humanitarian access to Yarmouk continues to be denied. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, supported by DFID, has had no direct access to the camp since April 2015.

We continue to call on all parties to protect civilians, and to allow humanitarian agencies unfettered access to provide aid to those most in need, including at the UN Security Council and the International Syria Support Group. The Secretary of State for International Development and I focused on these messages at the ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ Conference in Brussels on 24 and 25 April.

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