Published : 30-11-2018
A new report has been issued by AGPS under the title “Palestinians of Syria in Egypt: In Search of Asylum”. The report sheds light on the situation of Palestinian refugees from war-torn Syria for the period from March 2011 to November 2018.
The 20-page study tackles the frail legal status and dire socio-economic conditions endured by the refugees in the Egyptian territories.
Included in the report is a poll surveying the opinions of and about the Palestinians from Syria in Egypt. Most respondents agreed that Palestinian refugees are treated as foreigners rather than asylum-seekers fleeing war-stricken zones. Palestinians have, thus, been denied the right to legal visas, refugee documents, safe accommodation, basic services, and relief assistance.
The report also underscores the situation of Palestinians from Syria who illegally entered Egypt via Sudan and who have failed to smoothly access the local labor market and freely move across and outside of the Egyptian territories, and have, thus been at the risk of refoulement to Sudan.
The newly-released study covers the role of the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt, the Palestinian Women’s Union, and the other Palestinian factions vis-à-vis the Palestinians of Syria.
The report stresses the need to secure the rights of the Palestinians from Syria, who fall outside of UNRWA’s fields of operations, to legal and physical protection as per the Refugee Convention of 1951 and to hand them over cash and in-kind aids along with refugee cards in order to enhance their legal status in the Egyptian territories.
To download the report please click here:
http://www.actionpal.org.uk/ar/reports/special/palsyria_eg.pdf
A new report has been issued by AGPS under the title “Palestinians of Syria in Egypt: In Search of Asylum”. The report sheds light on the situation of Palestinian refugees from war-torn Syria for the period from March 2011 to November 2018.
The 20-page study tackles the frail legal status and dire socio-economic conditions endured by the refugees in the Egyptian territories.
Included in the report is a poll surveying the opinions of and about the Palestinians from Syria in Egypt. Most respondents agreed that Palestinian refugees are treated as foreigners rather than asylum-seekers fleeing war-stricken zones. Palestinians have, thus, been denied the right to legal visas, refugee documents, safe accommodation, basic services, and relief assistance.
The report also underscores the situation of Palestinians from Syria who illegally entered Egypt via Sudan and who have failed to smoothly access the local labor market and freely move across and outside of the Egyptian territories, and have, thus been at the risk of refoulement to Sudan.
The newly-released study covers the role of the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt, the Palestinian Women’s Union, and the other Palestinian factions vis-à-vis the Palestinians of Syria.
The report stresses the need to secure the rights of the Palestinians from Syria, who fall outside of UNRWA’s fields of operations, to legal and physical protection as per the Refugee Convention of 1951 and to hand them over cash and in-kind aids along with refugee cards in order to enhance their legal status in the Egyptian territories.
To download the report please click here:
http://www.actionpal.org.uk/ar/reports/special/palsyria_eg.pdf
