Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade
Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Concern
3:10 pm
Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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I wish to follow up on a question about the work Concern does in health education provision. We are all aware of the refugee camps in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan and the pressure they put on the governments of these countries, particularly Jordan and Lebanon which have very limited resources. The number of refugees at the Zaatari camp increased from 15,000 to 150,000. The refugee camps in Lebanon are also huge; they have almost new formed cities. Does Concern work within these refugee camps with the UNHCR in the provision of education services, or do they work outside thoe camps?