Published : 23-06-2021
The warfare in Syria has left thousands of Palestinian refugees homeless and forced thousands more to flee displacement camps set up across the war-torn country to other destinations.
Residents of AlHusainiya Camp, which had come under heavy shelling and sustained massive destruction, have not made the exception. Scores of them fled to other neighboring towns and cities for fear of being arrested, blackmailed, and/or tortured.
A number of refugees and their families risked their lives onboard the “death boats” to Europe, seeking safe shelters and livelihoods.
However, only 20% of the residents could afford the costs of such exorbitant journeys on way to Europe, Lebanon, and Turkey, among other destinations.
High unemployment rates and the absence of relief assistance by UNRWA and other humanitarian institutions have made survival quite difficult in the area.
Offensives launched on the camp using MIG warplanes led to the death of dozens of civilians in AlHusainiya Camp and a massive material destruction. Bloody shootouts between the opposition outfits and the Syrian government forces culminated in the latter’s takeover of the camp on October 9, 2013.
The warfare in Syria has left thousands of Palestinian refugees homeless and forced thousands more to flee displacement camps set up across the war-torn country to other destinations.
Residents of AlHusainiya Camp, which had come under heavy shelling and sustained massive destruction, have not made the exception. Scores of them fled to other neighboring towns and cities for fear of being arrested, blackmailed, and/or tortured.
A number of refugees and their families risked their lives onboard the “death boats” to Europe, seeking safe shelters and livelihoods.
However, only 20% of the residents could afford the costs of such exorbitant journeys on way to Europe, Lebanon, and Turkey, among other destinations.
High unemployment rates and the absence of relief assistance by UNRWA and other humanitarian institutions have made survival quite difficult in the area.
Offensives launched on the camp using MIG warplanes led to the death of dozens of civilians in AlHusainiya Camp and a massive material destruction. Bloody shootouts between the opposition outfits and the Syrian government forces culminated in the latter’s takeover of the camp on October 9, 2013.
