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95% of Palestinian Children from Syria in Egypt Denied Right to Education

Published : 07-02-2019

95% of Palestinian Children from Syria in Egypt Denied Right to Education

95% of Palestinian children from Syria have been prevented from accessing education facilities in Egypt, where they are treated as foreigners rather than legitimate asylum seekers.

The Egyptian authorities continue to categorize the Palestinians of Syria as “tourists” and, thus, denying them the right to a unequivocal legal status. Refugees have been shorn of the right to legal stays in the country.

Palestinian children from Syria have been denied easy access to education facilities in Egypt. The refugees receive basic and secondary school education at government-run schools after a formal consent is issued to that end by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Ministry of Education.

Unlike Syrian nationals, who have been exempted from paying education charges, Palestinian refugees are compelled to pay in dollars given their “tourist” status.

Speaking with AGPS, a Palestinian refugee from Syria said he has failed to enroll his 10-year-old daughter at a government-run school. The only option left is to have her join a private school, an alternative which he said far outlives his budget.

According to the refugee, hundreds of Palestinian children from Syria have been enduring a similar fate as his daughter’s as their parents have failed to shell out education fees at private institutions. The fact that UNRWA has not opened up schools for Palestinian refugees in Egypt has added bad to worse.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/8272

95% of Palestinian children from Syria have been prevented from accessing education facilities in Egypt, where they are treated as foreigners rather than legitimate asylum seekers.

The Egyptian authorities continue to categorize the Palestinians of Syria as “tourists” and, thus, denying them the right to a unequivocal legal status. Refugees have been shorn of the right to legal stays in the country.

Palestinian children from Syria have been denied easy access to education facilities in Egypt. The refugees receive basic and secondary school education at government-run schools after a formal consent is issued to that end by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor and the Ministry of Education.

Unlike Syrian nationals, who have been exempted from paying education charges, Palestinian refugees are compelled to pay in dollars given their “tourist” status.

Speaking with AGPS, a Palestinian refugee from Syria said he has failed to enroll his 10-year-old daughter at a government-run school. The only option left is to have her join a private school, an alternative which he said far outlives his budget.

According to the refugee, hundreds of Palestinian children from Syria have been enduring a similar fate as his daughter’s as their parents have failed to shell out education fees at private institutions. The fact that UNRWA has not opened up schools for Palestinian refugees in Egypt has added bad to worse.

Short URL : https://actionpal.org.uk/en/post/8272