Published : 19-09-2021
Palestinian refugee from Syria Mahmoud Hamdoush died of coronavirus in Sidi Faraj displacement camp in Algeria.
Speaking with AGPS, his relatives said he is the victim of medical neglect by Algerian authorities and the Algerian Red Crescent.
They added that Mahmoud was not transferred to an intensive care unit despite his family’s appeals for urgent medical treatment after his health took a turn for the worse.
“We’ll get back to you soon”, medics told them after the family reached out to Red Crescent teams. The camp’s supervisor also turned deaf ears to their appeals.
Mohammed died at a hospital to which he was transferred by his cash-stripped family. He did not, however, receive oxygen.
The brutal conflict in Syria has forced thousands of Palestinian refugees to flee the war-torn country in search of safer shelters.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) who have reached Algeria have been living in distress due to their squalid humanitarian conditions.
15 PRS families have been sheltered in Algeria’s Sidi Faraj camp, near the capital city Algiers, where they have been denied access to the local labor market and to humanitarian aid.
The Algerian authorities have failed to provide PRS with their UN-recognized rights as refugees fleeing war-stricken zones. The UNHCR also continues to turn its back on their appeals for emergency assistance.
The majority of PRS living in Sid Faraj camp have overstayed their visas. Algerian authorities have also suspended naturalization procedures for Algerian-born PRS and prevented scores of them from residence permits and property ownership.
Dozens of PRS families fled Sidi Faraj camp to European destinations after paying exorbitant sums to smugglers.
Palestinian refugee from Syria Mahmoud Hamdoush died of coronavirus in Sidi Faraj displacement camp in Algeria.
Speaking with AGPS, his relatives said he is the victim of medical neglect by Algerian authorities and the Algerian Red Crescent.
They added that Mahmoud was not transferred to an intensive care unit despite his family’s appeals for urgent medical treatment after his health took a turn for the worse.
“We’ll get back to you soon”, medics told them after the family reached out to Red Crescent teams. The camp’s supervisor also turned deaf ears to their appeals.
Mohammed died at a hospital to which he was transferred by his cash-stripped family. He did not, however, receive oxygen.
The brutal conflict in Syria has forced thousands of Palestinian refugees to flee the war-torn country in search of safer shelters.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) who have reached Algeria have been living in distress due to their squalid humanitarian conditions.
15 PRS families have been sheltered in Algeria’s Sidi Faraj camp, near the capital city Algiers, where they have been denied access to the local labor market and to humanitarian aid.
The Algerian authorities have failed to provide PRS with their UN-recognized rights as refugees fleeing war-stricken zones. The UNHCR also continues to turn its back on their appeals for emergency assistance.
The majority of PRS living in Sid Faraj camp have overstayed their visas. Algerian authorities have also suspended naturalization procedures for Algerian-born PRS and prevented scores of them from residence permits and property ownership.
Dozens of PRS families fled Sidi Faraj camp to European destinations after paying exorbitant sums to smugglers.
