A London-based human rights watchdog has called on the international community to work on securing the humanitarian needs of Palestinian refugees, particularly those sheltered in Syria or who have fled the war-torn country to another destination.

In an international conference held in Copenhagen on October 30, the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) sounded the alarm over the squalid humanitarian condition faced by the Palestinians of Syria in displacement camps across the war-torn country, including Yarmouk Camp.

AGPS urged UNRWA to increase humanitarian support to the Palestinian refugee community in/from Syria and to hand over cash and in-kind aid to those sheltered in northern Syria.

The group called on Palestinian stakeholders, most notably the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization, to lend a hand to Palestinian refugees who continue to grapple with dire humanitarian conditions and to contribute to the reconstruction of ravaged Palestinian refugee camps in Syria.

A number of researchers, academics, UNRWA officials, and CSOs attended the conference, which was organized by the Syrian Cultural Institute in Denmark, in cooperation with European CSOs.