Conflict Incident Report

Palestinians in Lebanon press UNRWA demands to EU

Date of incident:

February 19, 2016

Death toll:

0persons

Number of Injured:

0persons

Actors/Parties Involved:

Palestinian Civilians/Refugees

UNRWA

Palestinians Friday took their demands for a U.N. aid agency to reverse cuts in medical services to the European Union embassy in Beirut.
The protest, attended by Palestinians from camps across Lebanon, was accompanied by heavy security deployment, the state-run National News Agency reported.
Demonstrators lifted banners criticizing the cuts made by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency as "smothering the Palestinians." A delegation from the emergency committee formed by Palestinian factions to follow up on the matter later entered to the embassy's headquarters and gave EU envoy Christina Lassen a list of their demands, asking the EU to press UNRWA to back down on its decision.

On 19 Feb 16, at 1130hrs, Palestinian Nationals gathered in front of the UNRWA offices in Miten Street and NBC to protest the lack of services. The demonstrators prevented UNRWA staff from entering which forced UNRWA to close their offices in those areas.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2016/Feb-19/338158-palesti...

Primary category:

Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]

Secondary Category:

Military/Security Forces Deployment

Classification of conflict (primary):

Policy conflicts

Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.

Classification of conflict(secondary):

Conflicts of socio-economic development

Conflicts associated with lack of, or gaps in economic development, opportunities and access to resources.

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Conflict Incident Report

Palestinians in Lebanon press UNRWA demands to EU