Published : 16-03-2022
The eleven-year warfare rocking the Syrian territories has forced Palestinian refugees, most notably children and the elderly, to endure terrible experiences and witness nightmarish scenes that far exceed one’s capacity to get to grips with them.
With scenes of destruction, bloodshed, displacement, and death occurring around the clock, Palestinian refugees have gone traumatized and are now in need of psychological support.
Post-traumatic stress disorders, mental psychosis, sleeplessness and nightmares, eating disorders, and intense fear have all been among the symptoms with which Palestinian refugees, particularly children, have been diagnosed after they lost their homes, have had their parents/relatives killed in the war, underwent limb amputation, and witnessed daily scenes of death, dispossession, and destruction.
11 years into the conflict, Palestinian refugees sheltered in the war-torn country continue to suffer multiple hardships. A number of PRS committed suicide due to the psychological distress caused by years of relentless bombardment and protracted displacement.
Three conscripts at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, fatally shot themselves.
On December 19, 2013, 18-year-old Mazen AlAsli, a resident of Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus, killed himself due to the blockade and undernourishment.
A number of suicide attempts have also been recorded among Palestinian refugees who fled Syria to Lebanon, where they have been facing squalid humanitarian conditions.
Another former resident of Yarmouk Camp dropped from a fourth-floor balcony in Turkey in an apparent suicide attempt. The refugee, who has gone hemiplegic, said he failed to secure much-needed medical treatment to his disabled brother.
There exists no accurate data about the number of suicide attempts among the Palestinians of Syria. Such a phenomenon remains underreported for several reasons, most notable among which are fears of retaliation, distrust in law enforcement, and the absence of official documentation drives.
AGPS renews its calls to the international community, human rights institutions, UNICEF, UNRWA, and all concerned bodies to work on protecting Palestinian refugees, including women and children, in embattled Syria and to provide those who fled the war-torn country with physical and moral protection in the host countries.
The eleven-year warfare rocking the Syrian territories has forced Palestinian refugees, most notably children and the elderly, to endure terrible experiences and witness nightmarish scenes that far exceed one’s capacity to get to grips with them.
With scenes of destruction, bloodshed, displacement, and death occurring around the clock, Palestinian refugees have gone traumatized and are now in need of psychological support.
Post-traumatic stress disorders, mental psychosis, sleeplessness and nightmares, eating disorders, and intense fear have all been among the symptoms with which Palestinian refugees, particularly children, have been diagnosed after they lost their homes, have had their parents/relatives killed in the war, underwent limb amputation, and witnessed daily scenes of death, dispossession, and destruction.
11 years into the conflict, Palestinian refugees sheltered in the war-torn country continue to suffer multiple hardships. A number of PRS committed suicide due to the psychological distress caused by years of relentless bombardment and protracted displacement.
Three conscripts at the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA), affiliated with the Syrian regime, fatally shot themselves.
On December 19, 2013, 18-year-old Mazen AlAsli, a resident of Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus, killed himself due to the blockade and undernourishment.
A number of suicide attempts have also been recorded among Palestinian refugees who fled Syria to Lebanon, where they have been facing squalid humanitarian conditions.
Another former resident of Yarmouk Camp dropped from a fourth-floor balcony in Turkey in an apparent suicide attempt. The refugee, who has gone hemiplegic, said he failed to secure much-needed medical treatment to his disabled brother.
There exists no accurate data about the number of suicide attempts among the Palestinians of Syria. Such a phenomenon remains underreported for several reasons, most notable among which are fears of retaliation, distrust in law enforcement, and the absence of official documentation drives.
AGPS renews its calls to the international community, human rights institutions, UNICEF, UNRWA, and all concerned bodies to work on protecting Palestinian refugees, including women and children, in embattled Syria and to provide those who fled the war-torn country with physical and moral protection in the host countries.
