Tue 07 February 2023:
Three of the 12 Palestinian refugee camps in Syria, housing around 438,000 people, are in the quake-affected north: the Latakia camp, plus Neirab and Ein el Tal outside Aleppo.
“We are looking at 57,000 Palestine refugees who have been impacted because they live in the camps in the north,” said Tamara Alrifai, spokeswoman for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
UNRWA urgently needs $2.7m to cover the needs of affected refugees, Alrifai said.
She added that UNRWA had confirmed reports of six Palestinian refugees killed: a family — mother, father, son and daughter — in the Latakia camp, and two schoolgirls in Neirab.
“We can expect the numbers of fatalities to continue increasing,” she said, with medical supplies, mattresses, blankets and hygiene items urgently needed.
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini, who visited the Aleppo camps a fortnight ago, said on Twitter that “This earthquake adds an unbelievable layer of misery”.
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