Analysis: Lebanon could be first to suffer from UNRWA cuts

Palestinian story
Sep 4, 2018 · 4 min read
Palestinian Ain El Hilweh Refugee Camp, Lebanon (image: Al Manar TV)

All eyes were on the Palestinian Territories last week after the US Administration decided to move against UNRWA and slash its annual aid to Palestinian refugees.

But the big story is likely to be somewhere else: In Lebanon.

UNRWA figures show that 450,000 Palestinian refugees live in 12 refugee camps (a 2017 census, by the Lebanese…

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