Director of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) affairs in Lebanon Matthias Schmale called on the European Union on Friday 9 September to offer financial support and also to bring its influence to bear. He urged, too, that Palestinian refugees should not be forgotten.
Some 65% of the 270,000 Palestinian refugees who use UNRWA services live below the poverty line. Half of these refugees live in overcrowded camps, described by Schmale as...