Agency should regist edges surrou surrou 135.0 carried beend followi andcos 136.Th repaid 137.Ma theC06 sources 138.Th BeachC report) havebu familie ~represe contrav ~arrange 139.De werede inthe theser bythe5.85 6.62 2.46 5.20 8.62J?ercentage of registered refugee population 25044 23693 19686 12717 22717Number ofpersons 6390 5327 4150 4871 6126Numberof hardship casefamilies Corned Skim Cooking beeforTomato milk Field Flour!li£!Sugar oilsardines paste.Burghol powder (~ilogrammes peryear) Gaza 132.00 12.00 9.00 8.16 5.28 6.00 3.48 WestBank 132.00 12.00 9.00 8.16 5.28 6.00 3.75 Jordan 125.00 7.0012.00 9.00 8.16 5.28 6.00 12.00 Syrian Arab Republic 132.00 12.00 9.00 8.16 5.28 6.00 12.00 Lebanon* 87.001.008.00 6.00 6.07 3.52 4.00 8.00Gaza WestBank Jordan SyrianArabRepublic Lebanon 131.Therelatively highpercentage ofhardship casesinLebanon isreadily explained bytheravages ofwarandthedevastation oftheeconomy. InJordan, the Agencybelieves thatthemorefavourable economic situation hasenabled most refugees tofindworkandsupport themselves. *Foreightmonthsonly. Duringthefirstfourmonthsof1984hardship casesinLebanon received theemergency ration.129.UNRWAcontinues togivefoodrations tothehardship cases,whichinclude widows, orphans, theaged,thephysically andmentally handicapped andthe chronically sick. Theyalsoreceive blankets, clothing, tokencashaid,cash grantsforself-support projects, assistance intherepairorreconstruction of shelters andpreferential accesstovocational andteacher training. Refugees must applyforthisassistance, whichisgivenafterverification (andperiodic re-verification) byAgencystaff,following strictcriteria, thatthefamilycannot supportitself. ThelevelofAgencysupportstillleaveshardship-case families dependent onrelatives andneighbours. Afterthegeneral rationdistribution was suspended, theAgency madeapublic commitment todevelopitsassistance tothis group,buttheadditional resources neededhavenotyetbecomeavailable. Furthermore, because ofthestrictcriteria, basedonafamily's capacity for employment ratherthanonwhether therefugeeisactually employed ornot,this assistance programme isnotreaching anincreasing numberofrefugee families who areexperiencing serious hardship inareaswhereunemployment isaproblem, suchas Lebanon, theWestBankandtheGazaStrip.3.Campsandshelters 133.Thetotalpopulation ofthe61refugee camps.including non-registered refugees, hasincreased from763,773 to788,971 sinceJune1984.Theregistered refugees livingin~ampsrepresented 35.25percentoftheregistered refugee population, varying from55.27percentintheGazaStriptoonly25.50percentin theWestBank. UNRWAprovides services toeligible Palestine refugees whether they liveincampsornot. 134.Thecampswereconstructed ongovernment landoronprivate landmade available (withoneortwominorexceptions) bythehostGovermments, whichremain responsible forthemaintenance oflawandorderandotherfunctions aspartof theirnormalresponsibilities towards thepopulation withintheirborders. Inthe occupied territories, theIsraeliciviladministration hasassumed these responsibilities. Itisdesirable todistinguish between threecategories of buildings incamps: installations constructed orrentedbytheAgency(for example, schools, clinics andstores), whichareinthepossession oftheAgency andusedbyitJshelters (huts)constructed bytheAgency, whicharethedwellings ofandinthepossession ofrefugees, whohave maintaine~ theminrepairandin manycasesaddedtoandimproved themJandhousesandotherbuildings constructed andoccupied orotherwise usedbyrefugees (orothers), forsomeofwhichthe Agencymighthavegivensomeassistance atthetimetheywereconstructed. It shouldbenoted,too,thatsomecampscontain largenumbers ofpersons whoarenot
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the humanitarian situation of refugees, specifically focusing on the challenges they face in terms of food security, poverty, and access to basic services. The report highlights the Agency's efforts to provide assistance to hardship-case families, including food rations, cash grants, and other forms of support. The text also provides information on the demographics of the refugee population, including the number of persons and families in need of assistance.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Employment