Qatar Fund for Development responds to urgent call for support by UNRWA In response to an urgent call for support by UNRWA, the Qatar Fund for Development…

The United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution 194 (III), resolving that “refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their ne…

Standing tall and proud, Asma Madi, a Palestine refugee living in Gaza, is a self-made woman and a force to be reckoned with. She realized early on in lif…

In December 2012, fierce clashes erupted in Yarmouk, an area of Damascus home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees. The intensity of these clashes …

Palestine refugees are defined as “persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both h…

The scale of human loss, destruction, devastation and displacement caused by the 2014 conflict in Gaza – the third within seven years – was catastrophic, …

The United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution 194 (III), resolving that “refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their ne…

The Gaza Strip has a population of approximately 2.1 million people, including some 1.4 million Palestine refugees. For at least the last decade and a hal…

"The UNRWA faithfully carries out a U.N.-authorized policy toward Palestinians that runs contrary to U.N. policy in regard to the vast majority of the wor…

Baqa'a camp was one of six ‘emergency’ camps set up in 1968 to accommodate Palestine refugees and displaced people who were displaced from the West Bank, …

Jerash camp was set up as an ‘emergency’ camp in 1968 for 11,500 Palestine refugees and displaced persons who were displaced from the Gaza Strip as a resu…

In 2019, UNRWA requires US$ 277 million for its humanitarian response to assist Palestine refugees affected by the Syria regional crisis, including those …

Rashidieh refugee camp is located on the coast, five kilometres south of the city of Tyre. Rashidieh was heavily affected during the Lebanese civil war, e…

Mieh Mieh refugee camp is located south of the city of Saida. The camp was established in 1954 and extends over an area of 54,000 sq. m. Mieh Mieh refugee…

Aqbat Jabr camp, located southwest of Jericho in the Jordan valley, is the largest camp in the West Bank by surface area. Prior to the 1967 hostilities, i…

Burj Barajneh camp was established in 1949 by the League of Red Cross Societies and is located in the southern suburb of Beirut, 4 kilometres from the cap…

Ein El Hilweh camp is located south of Saida in south Lebanon. It is the largest Palestine Refugee camp in Lebanon. The camp’s inhabitants originally came…

Nearly 137,500 internally displaced people (IDPs) are sheltering in 83 UNRWA schools in all areas of the Gaza Strip. As heavy airstrikes continue, more an…

Without remedial action now, Gaza‘s problems in water and electricity, education and health will only get worse over the coming years, the top United Nati…

Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past week and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Ga…

Gaza’s unemployment rate - at 43.9 per cent - is now the highest in the world, according to the latest World Bank economic update. Even more alarming is t…

Under this year’s theme, Will You Stand #WithRefugees , 20 June marks World Refugee Day, commemorating the strength, courage, and resilience of millions o…

Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip.…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is alarmed by the dire situation of Palestine refugees in Leban…

UNRWA condemns placement of rockets, for a second time, in one of its schools 22 July 2014 Agency Demands Full Respect for the Sanctity of Its Premises in…

As Palestinian leaders prepare to seek UN recognition of statehood in September, there is increasing talk in the US, Israel and elsewhere of disbanding th…

UNRWA strongly condemns Israeli shelling of its school in Gaza as a serious violation of international law 30 July 2014 Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-Ge…

In accordance with UNRWA protocols, the Agency immediately cordoned off the area and swiftly took the necessary measures to render the school safe, includ…

In its more than 700 schools educating more than 500,000 Palestine refugee children across the Middle East, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for…

The global humanitarian community has released a joint “Thunderclap” statement demanding “immediate, secure, substantial and permanent humanitarian access…

“According to reports, 11 were killed and another 40 were injured, including one staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine …

“I fully agree with President [Donald] Trump’s strong criticism of UNRWA,” Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. He was referring to th…

UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished away”, …

The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said he followed “reverse due process” in sacking nine staff members accused by Israel of being inv…

Qatar Fund for Development responds to urgent call for support by UNRWA In response to an urgent call for support by UNRWA, the Qatar Fund for Development…

The United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution 194 (III), resolving that “refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their ne…

Standing tall and proud, Asma Madi, a Palestine refugee living in Gaza, is a self-made woman and a force to be reckoned with. She realized early on in lif…

In December 2012, fierce clashes erupted in Yarmouk, an area of Damascus home to approximately 160,000 Palestine refugees. The intensity of these clashes …

Palestine refugees are defined as “persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both h…

The scale of human loss, destruction, devastation and displacement caused by the 2014 conflict in Gaza – the third within seven years – was catastrophic, …

The United Nations General Assembly adopts resolution 194 (III), resolving that “refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their ne…

The Gaza Strip has a population of approximately 2.1 million people, including some 1.4 million Palestine refugees. For at least the last decade and a hal…

"The UNRWA faithfully carries out a U.N.-authorized policy toward Palestinians that runs contrary to U.N. policy in regard to the vast majority of the wor…

Baqa'a camp was one of six ‘emergency’ camps set up in 1968 to accommodate Palestine refugees and displaced people who were displaced from the West Bank, …

Jerash camp was set up as an ‘emergency’ camp in 1968 for 11,500 Palestine refugees and displaced persons who were displaced from the Gaza Strip as a resu…

In 2019, UNRWA requires US$ 277 million for its humanitarian response to assist Palestine refugees affected by the Syria regional crisis, including those …

Rashidieh refugee camp is located on the coast, five kilometres south of the city of Tyre. Rashidieh was heavily affected during the Lebanese civil war, e…

Mieh Mieh refugee camp is located south of the city of Saida. The camp was established in 1954 and extends over an area of 54,000 sq. m. Mieh Mieh refugee…

Aqbat Jabr camp, located southwest of Jericho in the Jordan valley, is the largest camp in the West Bank by surface area. Prior to the 1967 hostilities, i…

Burj Barajneh camp was established in 1949 by the League of Red Cross Societies and is located in the southern suburb of Beirut, 4 kilometres from the cap…

Ein El Hilweh camp is located south of Saida in south Lebanon. It is the largest Palestine Refugee camp in Lebanon. The camp’s inhabitants originally came…

Nearly 137,500 internally displaced people (IDPs) are sheltering in 83 UNRWA schools in all areas of the Gaza Strip. As heavy airstrikes continue, more an…

Without remedial action now, Gaza‘s problems in water and electricity, education and health will only get worse over the coming years, the top United Nati…

Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past week and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Ga…

Gaza’s unemployment rate - at 43.9 per cent - is now the highest in the world, according to the latest World Bank economic update. Even more alarming is t…

Under this year’s theme, Will You Stand #WithRefugees , 20 June marks World Refugee Day, commemorating the strength, courage, and resilience of millions o…

Yesterday, in the course of the regular inspection of its premises, UNRWA discovered approximately 20 rockets hidden in a vacant school in the Gaza Strip.…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is alarmed by the dire situation of Palestine refugees in Leban…

UNRWA condemns placement of rockets, for a second time, in one of its schools 22 July 2014 Agency Demands Full Respect for the Sanctity of Its Premises in…

As Palestinian leaders prepare to seek UN recognition of statehood in September, there is increasing talk in the US, Israel and elsewhere of disbanding th…

UNRWA strongly condemns Israeli shelling of its school in Gaza as a serious violation of international law 30 July 2014 Statement by UNRWA Commissioner-Ge…

In accordance with UNRWA protocols, the Agency immediately cordoned off the area and swiftly took the necessary measures to render the school safe, includ…

In its more than 700 schools educating more than 500,000 Palestine refugee children across the Middle East, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for…

The global humanitarian community has released a joint “Thunderclap” statement demanding “immediate, secure, substantial and permanent humanitarian access…

“According to reports, 11 were killed and another 40 were injured, including one staff member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine …

“I fully agree with President [Donald] Trump’s strong criticism of UNRWA,” Netanyahu said at the start of Sunday’s cabinet meeting. He was referring to th…

UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Millions of Palestinian refugees “cannot simply be wished away”, …