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. it's a lifeline for millions of palestinian refugees for the united nations relief and works agency or on raw faces collapse without more funding. what happens of donations don't come through and as it be stretched too thin, this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program i rob madison. nearly 6000000 people rely on unwell, the united nations relief and works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east. it provides food, aid, health care, education,

and other essential services and jordan, lebanon, syria, and the occupied palestinian territories. now fulfilling that vast mandate requires a huge amount of money on $1.00 has launched the appeal for 1600000000 dollars this year. the agency has struggled to raise enough donations in the past and was says, the chronic shortfall could even lead to its collapse. now we're going to bring in our guests in a moment. first, this report from zina caudle in beirut, in lebanon. home to half a 1000000, registered palestinian refugees they've been refugee twice in the past. now. these palestinians from syria are again homeless. thousands of them fled to lebanon during syria civil war in search of safety. they're now struggling to survive the financial support they were receiving from the united nations relief and work agency has been cut because under what itself is facing a budget crisis,

they used to give us $100.00 for rent. now it's $25.00 a day to reduce the assistance for food from $27.00 to $12.00 per person. we can't afford anything because everything is expensive. they basically throw us in the st . and that's where they have been for at least a week. they set up camp outside owner was headquarters in beirut, and say they won't leave until a solution is found to their plight. hyatt, them. oh, yeah. i think what the owner roy is supposed to be our lifeline, but they are not given us our basic needs and we can't go back to syria. many of us are wanted by the authorities and our homes are destroyed. i should be as no, hardly, even before palestinians from syria began arriving here under what was under funded . it was having difficulties in meeting the demands of those in lebanon, whose vulnerability worsen in recent months, palestinian refugees were living in poverty even before lebanon's economic collapse

. now, many of them say surviving is nearly impossible, and they are not the only ones the entire country, which also follows hundreds of thousands of syria refugees is being affected by the financial meltdown. ottawa says it needs nearly $200000000.00 to continue operations and meet the growing and basic needs. unfortunately has been live in almost on a month by month basis. and our last here will a very close to have to stop our services, not just the additional emergency help palestinians have long been marginalized as lebanon was limited rights and access to services and job opportunities, my teenager and have lots of dreams and hopes that i'm willing to re it, but because of what they're suffering here in lebanon, i always stress about my future palestinian say they are trapped unable to return to their homeland or leave to go elsewhere. nearly 80 percent live

in poverty. the you an estimate. that's 162000 people who survival depends on 8 said their ultra cedar beirut. ah, okay, let's bring in our guest. cinnamon has tamara ala fly, who's a spokesperson at the united nations relief works agency for palestinian refugees in the near east. and doha, we have marwan cobble on, he's had a policy analysis. now the out of center for research and policy studies and in london on is one is lecture and interdisciplinary race, gender, and post colonial studies at university college london. thank you very much indeed for being with us. tomorrow. i'm going to start with you. if the money doesn't come in, how bad could this get? if the money doesn't come in, it would be very, very bad. half a 1000000 girls and boys will not be able to go to school until 1000000 palestine refugees will not get healthcare. so if the money does not come in under i, which is irreplaceable in a region that's very full tile,

might not be able to run. this will create the vacuum. who will fill that vacuum? where will palestine refugee go? who will they? well, they turn to, for these basic basic health education and social services. i know fun. what do you think the impact is going to be on the countries that are hosting palestinian refugees? if the unmoved funding either begins to dry up or actually ends altogether. it's really important to realize that when we're speaking about brittany g presence in the whole countries we're in operates, we're not only now talking about significant palestinian refugee populations. many of these countries, particularly lebanon and jordan, are also hosting really large scale there in population include twice, i've palestinian refugees from syria. so we're talking essentially about a huge impact that can go right across the scale socially, economically and potentially politically and well has ever has been a crucial pillar of operations in these countries for decades now. and we ignore

that apparel. my one we heard and a report from as in a quarter are corresponded in beirut just a moment ago, one palestinian refugees saying that because of the funding cuts, the, the refugees that he knew had been forced on to the streets. no one would imagine that the countries that these refugees are and are not going to take kindly to people being forced on to the streets of various cities. yes, indeed. i think the main problem that we are facing here, in fact, to know is that when the law is very much dependent on 18 from, from governments and that next it's very vulnerable to political pressure from these, from these governments. we all know that in 2000 their game, for example, president trump and 8 for that one. that a why. and we know that the luckiest is, for example, provide something like 50 percent, the annual budget and national organization. and mainly because they like it says that i wanted on a walk. and i know that the titles reform and to deprive

millions of palestinians from their status as, as refugees, united states one but actually to prevent the stiffness, palestinians from a passing a status as if you used to tune your generations. and that will prevent ashley 1000000 austin. yes. from that claiming that eye for detail to be around to the rightful land and palestine and all for for compensation. and we all also know that a city of countries are longer actually wiping it for the on the wall. also hope critical for political reasons. so and in my opinion, i think on a while will always be if you see this diagram as long as does not actually find other daniels to the, to, to get the it from. this is something that maybe we should think of from now on.

and i want to come back to the about 2 point, but tomorrow i think you wanted to come in at the start of that. i want to come in on what and they're fine just raised about under being at crucial pillar of operations in the region. it's also a crucial pillar of stability. that predictability is the reliability of the services. the fact that a palestine refugee, knowing that the palestine refugee community is amongst the most vulnerable in the region. so when a palace and refugee knows that their children can go to and re school, they can get their health care at a health services. this is one last source of worry, so onerous contributed greatly to that sense of safety and security and, and even regional stability in the region. now, it is important to mention also that the role or the hospitality, the generosity of host countries, the countries that are hosting a large number of refugees. and this is something that, and also mentioned knowing that all the countries were under refugees or nelson

refugees, live, or crisis countries themselves where that their own nationals are under a lot of are facing a lot of hardship. now, having said that, it is very vulnerable to the domestic politics of its donors. and what we have on the rough mind mind boggling is that almost every country in the world vote for the continuation of a new era. there's therefore, a political recognition at the level of the general assembly that under what is irreplaceable, that it is a beacon of stability. it plays a huge role for the human development and the humanitarian response in the region. but when it comes to paying the same countries that's local in for on read, do not necessarily pay or fund underwashed. and therefore on the face year of the year out is an overwhelming political support without the matching financial

resources. and this is why we're always under funded on you were part of noting all the way through that and you tell me what you think. i think this is a really important point that you often get missed out of these discussions that we're not talking here about a one off situation. we're talking about a particularly acute crisis, but born of essentially a problem baked into in respect of tomato said, whereby you, in general, assembly issues enron with a mandate to provide special services. it renews that mandate on a regular basis. the vast majority of un, german assembly member states support the renewal of that mandate. but as an organization is entirely dependent on voluntary donations. so there are the disjuncture between the un mandating to do something, but not providing it with any guaranteed funds that it requires in order to do those very things. this is a fundamental problem which very rarely gets,

gets really fucked up model. and this was a point that you touched on, touched on earlier, but i mean, given giving cash to organizations like on right. and of course, there are many of them might be seen as a moral obligation, but governments around the world are facing problems with cold problems with their own economy. natural disasters in some, some cases. it is it actually naive to think that they are going to be willing to actually pay anything there? i say it more than lip service to something like on why not come up with the cash. and if they don't, as you were talking about earlier, what is the alternative? yeah, i don't. but what i was trying actually to say is that said, i mean, because the owner was very bundled as to what it's gonna brush out, especially from the donors. and that, that, that the, the people who are actually being the heaviest spice, of course, on that if you, jeez, and syria went on and get on in the situation as you are a guest, actually tomato said earlier, this jewish in these countries are buddy buddy. and miserable in fact,

because they are having deal on their own crisis, but at the end of the day, comp did one but event that those refugees actually from getting health or education or social services, which is a provided by on that a while to provide in fact to have the save a life saving service for dorothy, she's gone to them at the end of the day. if you have some sort of or a blue got for book by, by cutting that deceived. and i saw it as you was sure is concealed. i don't think that gov it or any other lab economic commercial that donors might be suffering like now flung it should be was as an executors are for these are governments actually of sub eating at one the why? because it is a responsibility by the international community for this catastrophe, which that is the best response of the somehow is responsible. and to a certain degree, the explosion of the ball scenes from deal to from bill to from the atlanta in 1948

and ninety's 60 and 67 and up. i believe these are factors on mumps, genuine, in my opinion, because as i said earlier, the political factors are the mean drivers for the donors actually to put pressure on the and the war in order to get certain demands did, for example, that some gulf companies on on the feeling here, mean they like like i minutes, which decided actually took up it to i know why in, in 2020, 20 after the signing the normal. indeed with is about me having come under a huge pressure from that is that i used to do that. so the actually got the it without any justification might be from more than 5050000000 dollars to 1000000 dollar last year. maybe the model has the, has the numbers, but i believe here actually is, the issue is mainly, but it has nothing to do with it for the donors and has nothing to do with other

kind of pressure. but mainly because of a political, the mindset of these countries are playing, i sure was a one and a while at to respond to tomorrow. given that funding is clearly a constant problem before onward and organizations like it is there a point at which they could be accused of raising expectations to high if they know that they're not going to get the funding that they so clearly want to get and clearly believe that they should be getting, is it, does it necessary for them to try to rein in expectations? because there is a sense that people really might to see organizations like on why as constantly failing because they don't have the money rather than the focus being on the work that they are able to achieve it. so both of them, so on the one hand owner was not getting the money because the donors are failing to come up with the necessary money for on route to conduct what the donors expect

underwrite to conduct as services. so when the international community decides that as long as there is no fair and lasting solution that includes balance thing and refugees under what is the go to agency for their well being and the protection of their rights and their assistance. then the donors fail to come up with that money or it's only a limited number of regular donors that constantly support under. and then the feeling lonely about support, which is the case now. then the onus is on the donors. it's not an under right. there's, there is only so much under a can do and cutting costs and reducing its budget and resorting to austerity measures to the point where we're bursting at the seams. while the needs, the humanitarian needs and the hardship of palestinian refugees in all areas of operations keep increasing. now having said that, i want to touch upon the point that my one just mentioned about the that the

relationship between political positions and funding. most of our big and irregular a long term donors are donors that enjoy a very strong relations with israel. and that does not prevent them from funding under a because they believe in the fundamental human development than humanitarian role that are a place. and they believe and their responsibilities as responsibility as you want . member states to warrants palestinian refugees because there is no political solution that includes that. and so what we're kelly countries who use to support and why and stop is that there is, isn't necessarily a contradiction between your foreign policy and international relations towards drill l between supporting a community that is a monster most venerable and who is entitled to services by virtue of the un

general assembly mandates to an era, there is no contradiction. a country can be in close ties with israel and also support that you went in general and underwriting particular. and is there any organizational structure that you are aware of that might be in a position to, to shoulder some of the burden the unwell has been tossed with because clearly it is an enormous task that the, that they're facing. i mean, the one that immediately st springs to mind for outsiders like me would be like you and hcr, for example, that seems to be, for those of us who don't understand the structure, the seems to be a natural dovetail there, that they could take some of the burden away, why isn't that happening? you and hcr and her operate under entirely different mandates, different management structures as tomato will be able to collaborate on this further. it's why i briefly just outlining this discrepancy between you and hcr and nora because. ringback the ticket is since a 2018 whit when, as matawan mentioned,

the term administration. he founded enron with her continuous misinformation about the difference between you and hcr, andra. that has been a lot of as a false information propagated, no surgically by the ministration but by others as well, claiming that it gives palestinian refugees an unfair advantage. this is far from being the case. if anything actually u. n h d, i have a broader mandate. the owner and monday is relatively restricted compared to about if you and h. and the other thing that was nursing is it. 7 is only monday to, to provide services to register policy, refugees in a certain geographical area. so in jordan that on area where i can gather, but there are palestinian refugees outside of those places within this particularly now with palestinian refugees from there who was teaching factory outside of these 5 areas. when that happened, in theory,

at least they should be in high school to receive support from you and hcr in the picture is a lot more complex and enroll a lot more behind the scenes cooperation. but is often made out more when we heard again in, in his report earlier on that the, some of the refugees, at least in lebanon, had been camping outside the headquarters of on one in bay route to complain about the circumstances they were being left and, and demanding that something should change, but it seems as though from what you've all been saying, that none of this appears to be of on was making. the refugees don't seem to have any action that they are able to take all of them going to the people who have been giving them the cash and know simply can't do the right. i think they should actually, given the states against those countries actually decided to reduce their at the end to the on the lot is on behalf meeting. those people actually deprived of their life to the creation,

has health care about social services and middle mistake about this data that we should always and look into. does the creative picture when we, when we leave people, actually, without doubt, the basic needs that they need, actually, you can't actually blame them at the end of the day for alexia, taking different as a sort of, of actions in order to work. and i to, to white for daily, for their families and to protect their families too. i think they're like, the 1st there's this part of the war to ashley i'm talking here about the labeled gender body. i'm talking about celia when enforcer and jordan is included, the diagnosis, that is, is a, is it, is it is that these are countries that are in the can by crisis economic, political security or some of them on how to order the civil wars and the policy as are in the middle of these, of all these glasses are in the region and in syria as you're

a guests have already mentioned the policy as how have been actually w devices and the, because they are already a future in celia and they will force one more time actually to live, believe the but if you just come to that they will achieve living in. so i believe have there is, this is responsibility. the responsibility of that promotional community dog. good to, to provide a little while with all that with, with all the means actually to, to keep dos be will, at least with the minimum a basic needs that they need in countries that are really high supporting. but he did he percent i'm sizes at that at the, at this particular final facility tomorrow. are you want to come in on that? i want to come in with that with the 2 cigarettes that that, that, that illustrate the hardship 73 percent of the palestinian refugees in lebanon are poor. 82 percent of the palestinian refugees fill in size syria and live on less

than $2.00. a 58 percent of the palestine refugee families in lebanon. the grown ups say that they eat one meal a day or less to be able to feed their children. so it's, it's hard chip. all along and 4000 refugees will receive cash assistance. these are the most venerable ones, only the poorest receive between $18.00 and $25.00 minus. taking that away from them, leaves them completely desperate and pushes them towards negative coping mechanism . we've seen concerning trends in jordan, where i am, for example, rouse, increase child marriage. we've also seen the very dangerous migration routes that palestine refugees and other refugees from the regions bank. we've seen early marriage with steam child labor. these are all very, very negative coping mechanisms that can only get worse if an agency that provides state like services like an iraq cannot,

cannot provide these services. we're talking about trillion an agency that provide services the same way as small to mid sized countries in europe. provides, you know, denmark, for example, 5800000 people, the population owner of 5800000 refugees in the region. we're talking about a quasi states that it has a cap incapacitated by like of resources, even though it has a lot of political support. and i want to come to you last time because we have less than a minute to go on the, on the program. so just briefly, if you could, and if on was funding is restricted, as well as it appears to be at the moment will do you think people who are in the refugee camps on were current runs get to a point where they are forced, they feel forced to leave those comes and move further through the countries that they're in or further into other countries. i will likely to see b,

the mass movement of people that we have seen in previous years. admittedly driven by war, if onward starts to for want of a better word implode, and very briefly please. if not, i'd better call, it's already happened there, movement. you referred to come a and moving towards europe and into europe over the last few years as included, palestinian refugees estimated more than $60000.00 palestinian refugees being the syrian war. tried to reach europe usually by dangerous routes. so that's not hypothetical. it's something already seen happening. and really, it highlights another inconsistency in, say, the policies of european states who claim that they want to stop what they refer you as a migrant crisis, but then are unwilling to say, take any action in terms of supporting and room. i know fine, thank you very much. you did want to say thanks to all of our guest tomorrow, our fi mall one. come on and i'm of fun. and thanks of course to you too. for

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