Published : 05-01-2022
Palestinian refugees and CSOs in AlBadawi displacement camp, north of Lebanon, held a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Greece boat accident and their families.
The refugees held banners lamenting the tragedy and mourning the victims, who risked their lives onboard “death-boats” fleeing war, economic hardship, and persecution.
A refugee said: “The families have pulled out all the stops to secure funds for the trip. However death had quicker wings than smuggler’s boats”.
Activists have urged the EU and European Parliament to immediately launch a fact-finding probe to determine the root causes of the Greece boat tragedy and hold smugglers to account in order to save more lives and help bring such crimes against humanity to a halt.
The accident is the latest in a series of similar tragic incidents at sea that claimed the lives of at least 72 Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011. Scores of others died of cold on route to EU destinations.
Palestinian refugees and CSOs in AlBadawi displacement camp, north of Lebanon, held a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Greece boat accident and their families.
The refugees held banners lamenting the tragedy and mourning the victims, who risked their lives onboard “death-boats” fleeing war, economic hardship, and persecution.
A refugee said: “The families have pulled out all the stops to secure funds for the trip. However death had quicker wings than smuggler’s boats”.
Activists have urged the EU and European Parliament to immediately launch a fact-finding probe to determine the root causes of the Greece boat tragedy and hold smugglers to account in order to save more lives and help bring such crimes against humanity to a halt.
The accident is the latest in a series of similar tragic incidents at sea that claimed the lives of at least 72 Palestinian refugees fleeing war-torn Syria since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011. Scores of others died of cold on route to EU destinations.
