From today [Friday] until Sunday, three MAG staff will be accompanying UN Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA's mission inside Nahr el-Bared camp in Tripoli.
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| Smoke rises from the Nahr El-Bared refugee camp in June during the fighting there |
The UNRWA mission will be conducting an assessment of the level of building damage within the camp – home to some 30,000 displaced Palestinians – as part of the reconstruction efforts.
The camp is still littered with unexploded ordnance and MAG’s technical expertise will facilitate safe access to key locations.
MAG’s work alongside UNRWA will assist the safe return of the thousands displaced by the fighting and will remove the risk to life for those living in the camp. The Lebanese Armed Forces and the Lebanon Mine Action Centre are facilitating the efforts of MAG to support UNRWA.
MAG is vastly experienced in emergency clearance operations. Following the Israeli bombing and ground attacks on Lebanon last year, we had specialists on the ground the day after the cessation of hostilities.
This quick response, clearing thousands of deadly cluster munitions in the first hours and days, undoubtedly avoided many casualties amongst the returning population.
Today MAG runs 22 dedicated teams in Lebanon, which are clearing deadly cluster munitions and other remnants of conflict.
Since August 2006, MAG has searched and cleared more than 5.1 million sq/m of land in the south, destroying more than 15,000 remnants of conflict and assisting 450,000 people at risk from death and injury.
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| The camp - home to 30,000 displaced Palestinians - is still littered with unexploded ordnance |
