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October 11, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/726fc11ee25f50183b7c17c152ad5ac1.htm

Poor Lebanese Find Life Easier in Palestinian Refugee Camp

(Reuters) - The Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp in Tripoli, Lebanon, 80 km north of Beirut, has seen 150 Lebanese families move into its crowded confines in recent years and more are still coming, said Khalil al-Jindawi, an official of the Fatah movement which helps to run the camp. Housing is cheaper there. They can also piggy-back off free education, healthcare, and drinking water provided by the UN for the camps' residents. Clandestinely connected electricity wires give them free power and lighting, and local pharmacies sell cheap black market medicine.

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