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 Residents of the Ain al-Hilweh camp called Monday upon the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees to increase its support to them.

Dozens of members of the Palestinian Popular Initiative protested in front of the UNRWA director’s office, raising banners that highlighted to the poverty that Palestinian people in Lebanon endure.

At the end of the protest, UNWRA's director in Ain al-Hilweh, Abdel-Nasser al-Saadi, was handed a note addressed to the agency's general director in Lebanon, Claudio Cordone.

People with special needs, their families and organizations gathered across the country Tuesday, to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities and demand the release of the state’s contributions for 2019.

Crowds gathered at the Maronite Church seat in Bkirki, south Lebanon’s Hasbaya and Sidon, Baalbeck in the east and Tripoli in north Lebanon.

Adults and children with special needs held signs that read: “I’m just like you” and “#Social_Earthquake.”

The “Civil Campaign to Protect the Dalieh of Raouche” (CCPDR) emerged in March 2013 to advocate for the preservation and enhancement of the role of Dalieh as an open-access shared space for all city dwellers and visitors. CCPDR is a coalition of individuals and non-governmental organizations who share a strong commitment to the preservation of Beirut’s shared spaces, ecological and cultural diversity as the pillars of the city’s livability.

 A demonstration was held on Friday outside the Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon, against the integration of Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. About 50 people gathered with Lebanese flags, calling for the return of Syrian and Palestinian refugees to their countries. European countries have been accused by Lebanese officials of encouraging the permanent stay of refugees in Lebanon.