Published : 23-06-2020
Representatives of the Palestinian refugee community from Syria in Egypt met with the Director of UNRWA operations in Cairo Sahar AlJabouri.
A member of the Palestinian refugee delegation said they managed to meet AlJabouri following a five-month reluctance by the Agency’s staff.
“I am only available for half an hour to take note of your demands”, Jabouri reportedly told two members of the delegation at her office.
“She only accepted to discuss with us a couple of demands out of 15 demands figuring on our memorandum”, a member of the Palestinian refugee delegation said.
Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria to Egypt continue to call on UNRWA to take up its responsibilities and hand them over relief and cash aids, amid the economic hardship inflicted by COVID-19 outbreak in the Sissi-led country.
The refugees have slammed UNRWA for dragging its feet over their calls for help on account that Egypt falls outside of its five fields of operation (Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria).
Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria have been subjected to a fragile legal status in Egypt, where they are treated as foreigners rather than asylum-seekers fleeing war-stricken zones. Palestinians from Syria have also been denied the right to legal visas, refugee documents, safe accommodation, basic services, relief assistance, free movement, and access to education and labor, among other basic necessities.
AGPS continues to stress the need to secure the rights of the Palestinians from Syria in Egypt as per the Refugee Convention of 1951, and to hand them over cash and in-kind aid, along with refugee cards, in order to enhance their legal status in the Egyptian territories.
Representatives of the Palestinian refugee community from Syria in Egypt met with the Director of UNRWA operations in Cairo Sahar AlJabouri.
A member of the Palestinian refugee delegation said they managed to meet AlJabouri following a five-month reluctance by the Agency’s staff.
“I am only available for half an hour to take note of your demands”, Jabouri reportedly told two members of the delegation at her office.
“She only accepted to discuss with us a couple of demands out of 15 demands figuring on our memorandum”, a member of the Palestinian refugee delegation said.
Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria to Egypt continue to call on UNRWA to take up its responsibilities and hand them over relief and cash aids, amid the economic hardship inflicted by COVID-19 outbreak in the Sissi-led country.
The refugees have slammed UNRWA for dragging its feet over their calls for help on account that Egypt falls outside of its five fields of operation (Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria).
Palestinian refugees who fled war-torn Syria have been subjected to a fragile legal status in Egypt, where they are treated as foreigners rather than asylum-seekers fleeing war-stricken zones. Palestinians from Syria have also been denied the right to legal visas, refugee documents, safe accommodation, basic services, relief assistance, free movement, and access to education and labor, among other basic necessities.
AGPS continues to stress the need to secure the rights of the Palestinians from Syria in Egypt as per the Refugee Convention of 1951, and to hand them over cash and in-kind aid, along with refugee cards, in order to enhance their legal status in the Egyptian territories.
