Press Release: Commission allocates EUR 370,000 in humanitarian aid to help Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Following days of heavy fighting between the Islamic group Fatah al Islam and the Lebanese army in the North of Tripoli, May 2007, the European Commission has decided to allocate €370,000 to provide humanitarian support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. Over 12,000 refugees have fled the Nahr el Bared camp in the last days. Most of them are currently hosted in another Palestinian refugee camp known as Beddawi. Several public buildings have also been provided by the Lebanese authorities and the population, in an expression of solidarity. Around 15,000 refugees are still caught in the fighting at Nahr el Bared.