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DAMASCUS, Feb 19 (KUNA) -- A Palestinian official announced on Wednesday
that around 700 people were evacuated on humanitaria grounds from Yarmouk camp
for Palestinian refugees near Syrian capital.
The evacuation was conducted in line with a peaceful popular initiative to
solve crisis in the camp and keep it away from the ongoing conflict in Syria,
Anwar Abdulhadi, Head of the political department of the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO), said in a press statement, indicating that at the same
time that distribution of food aid resumed today to needy refugees inside the
camp.
Over 7,000 food baskets were distributed inside the camp, and around 4,000
people were evacuated on humanitarian grounds since the launch of relief camp
to this date, Abdulhadi said.
He pointed out that 400 food packages were distributed today and 700
people, including 50 students, were evacuated on humanitarian grounds, and to
enable the students continue their education at Syrian universities in
cooperation with Syrian and Palestinian red crescent and the medical
department of PLO.
He also pointed out the facilitations provided by the Syrian government for
aiding the Palestinian people, as well as the efforts exerted in delivering
food inside Yarmouk camp in cooperation with the 14 Palestinian factions, the
General Authority for Palestine Arab Refugee Affairs (GAPAR), the United
Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
(UNRWA). (end)
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