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U.S. Pledges $10M to Palestinian Refugees

By immigrationprof

Reuters reports:

International donors pledged about $20 million on Monday to help Palestinian refugees made homeless by a 15-week battle between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up inside their refugee camp.

The Nahr al-Bared camp was home to about 40,000 before fighting erupted on May 20 but is now largely destroyed. Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called a donors’ conference to seek funds to reconstruct the camp in north Lebanon.

The amount pledged fell well short of estimates of what was needed to cover the costs of adequate relief for the refugees, the reconstruction of the camp and help for nearby municipalities.

The government estimated the total required at $382.5 million.

The United States led pledges with $10 million. Germany offered 4 million euros ($5.52 million), Norway 10 million crowns ($1.81 million) and Italy about 2 million euros. Click here for the rest of the story.

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