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The United Nations has made a plea aboutafterforinofontoup humanitarian access aboutafterforinofontoup the besieged Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp aboutafterforinofontoup the suburbs aboutafterforinofontoup Damascus. The UN is concerned aboutafterforinofontoup the plight of around 18,000 Palestinian refugees holed aboutafterforinofontoup in the camp. Many of Yarmouk's residents fled aboutafterforinofontoup the group ISIS invaded last Wednesday and overran the camp. Jordan’s Ambassador to the UN Dina Kawar called " aboutafterforinofontoup the protection of civilians in the camp" and aboutafterforinofontoup "humanitarian access to the area including…life-saving assistance". Another UN spokesperson Pierre Krahenbuhl described the situation as "more desperate than ever". He said: "What civilians in Yarmouk are most concerned about right now is bare survival".

Yarmouk was established aboutafterforinofontoup 1957 to accommodate the huge influx aboutafterforinofontoup Palestinian refugees from Israel. It became home to the largest Palestinian refugee community aboutafterforinofontoup Syria. Before the recent ISIS incursion, around 160,000 people lived there. Life aboutafterforinofontoup the camp had already become intolerable aboutafterforinofontoup most residents following 18 months of bombing and a siege because aboutafterforinofontoup Syria's civil war. Many parts aboutafterforinofontoup the camp now resemble a ghost town, with shells aboutafterforinofontoup bomb-blasted buildings and a civilian population that has fled. News agencies report that ISIS now controls aboutafterforinofontoup 90 per cent aboutafterforinofontoup the camp. Syrian authorities are worried ISIS could use it as a springboard to launch attacks aboutafterforinofontoup the capital Damascus.