Published : 15-05-2022
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in/from Syria have been dispersed by the conflict and remain away from their homes and families.
Torn from the nourishment of home and warmth of family, Palestinians have been scattered across Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Libya, Sudan, Thailand, Malaysia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Chile, and Canada, among other destinations. Hundreds have become internally displaced across the Syrian territories.
Available figures indicate that over 120,000 Palestinian refugees fled Syria in the hunt for a safe shelter.
The situation has gone downhill as most of the world’s governments have opted for a closed-door immigration policy vis-à-vis the Palestinian refugee community from Syria.
Hundreds have embarked on life-threatening journeys onboard the death-boats to Europe, having no place to take cover in.
Recently, several refugee families have made their way from the area to Turkey, in an attempt to reach Greek seashores, before getting to safety to a European country.
In the absence of a durable political settlement, intense hostilities and violence resulting in deaths and injuries, internal displacement, loss of livelihoods, decreases in the provision of public services, and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure have disrupted the lives of civilians and forced thousands to become internally displaced.
Nearly 200,000 Palestinian refugees left Syria since the outburst of the deadly warfare in 2011. Prior to the war in Syria, 550,000 Palestinian refugees used to take shelter in the country.
Thousands of Palestinians fled their refugee camps in Syria as a result of the offensives and crackdowns perpetrated by such terror groups as ISIS and AlNusra, particularly, but not exclusively, in Yarmouk Camp, the largest in Syria.
According to AGPS data, nearly 200,000 Palestinian refugees fled war-stricken Syria, among them 30,000 who have sought refuge in Lebanon, 19,000 in Jordan, 12,000 in Turkey, and 4,350 in the besieged Gaza Strip, Egypt, and Sudan.
At the same time, 1,488 Palestinian families have been sheltered in northern Syria displacement camps, where they have been struggling for survival after they were forced out of Yarmouk and southern Damascus towns.
Most of the Gulf countries and a number of Arab governments have also outlawed granting visas to Palestinians with Syrian travel documents. Palestinian refugees from Syria are treated as foreigners and often denied access into embassies to obtain visas.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians in/from Syria have been dispersed by the conflict and remain away from their homes and families.
Torn from the nourishment of home and warmth of family, Palestinians have been scattered across Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Libya, Sudan, Thailand, Malaysia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, France, Brazil, Chile, and Canada, among other destinations. Hundreds have become internally displaced across the Syrian territories.
Available figures indicate that over 120,000 Palestinian refugees fled Syria in the hunt for a safe shelter.
The situation has gone downhill as most of the world’s governments have opted for a closed-door immigration policy vis-à-vis the Palestinian refugee community from Syria.
Hundreds have embarked on life-threatening journeys onboard the death-boats to Europe, having no place to take cover in.
Recently, several refugee families have made their way from the area to Turkey, in an attempt to reach Greek seashores, before getting to safety to a European country.
In the absence of a durable political settlement, intense hostilities and violence resulting in deaths and injuries, internal displacement, loss of livelihoods, decreases in the provision of public services, and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure have disrupted the lives of civilians and forced thousands to become internally displaced.
Nearly 200,000 Palestinian refugees left Syria since the outburst of the deadly warfare in 2011. Prior to the war in Syria, 550,000 Palestinian refugees used to take shelter in the country.
Thousands of Palestinians fled their refugee camps in Syria as a result of the offensives and crackdowns perpetrated by such terror groups as ISIS and AlNusra, particularly, but not exclusively, in Yarmouk Camp, the largest in Syria.
According to AGPS data, nearly 200,000 Palestinian refugees fled war-stricken Syria, among them 30,000 who have sought refuge in Lebanon, 19,000 in Jordan, 12,000 in Turkey, and 4,350 in the besieged Gaza Strip, Egypt, and Sudan.
At the same time, 1,488 Palestinian families have been sheltered in northern Syria displacement camps, where they have been struggling for survival after they were forced out of Yarmouk and southern Damascus towns.
Most of the Gulf countries and a number of Arab governments have also outlawed granting visas to Palestinians with Syrian travel documents. Palestinian refugees from Syria are treated as foreigners and often denied access into embassies to obtain visas.
