Published : 27-05-2022
The Palestine Embassy in Damascus warned against the life-threatening risks of illegal migration through the Libyan route.
In a statement issued on May 26, the Embassy said hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria have reached Libya through the Benina International Airport, in Benghazi, east of Libya, in a process that costs 2,000 USD per every passenger.
The embassy said migration through Benina Airport is illegal. Many migrants are blackmailed and abused by human smugglers and traffickers.
The statement added that illegal migrants risk to get imprisoned by Libyan authorities while crossing to Benghazi from Tripoli or at military checkpoints. At times, smugglers themselves turn the migrants in to the Libyan Coast Guard. As a result, migrants are often sent to detention centres. 30% of them lose their identity and travel documents and get their money and belongings seized.
The Embassy said it takes charge of the release of minors caught on the illegal migration route, often with counterfeit documents, only for one time. In case these trips reoccur minors are kept in custody until they are released on a bail.
It called on the Palestine Embassy in Syria to take all necessary measures in order to cease the influx of illegal migrants and help curtail the number of victims of such life-threatening trips.
The Palestine Embassy in Damascus warned against the life-threatening risks of illegal migration through the Libyan route.
In a statement issued on May 26, the Embassy said hundreds of Palestinian refugees from Syria have reached Libya through the Benina International Airport, in Benghazi, east of Libya, in a process that costs 2,000 USD per every passenger.
The embassy said migration through Benina Airport is illegal. Many migrants are blackmailed and abused by human smugglers and traffickers.
The statement added that illegal migrants risk to get imprisoned by Libyan authorities while crossing to Benghazi from Tripoli or at military checkpoints. At times, smugglers themselves turn the migrants in to the Libyan Coast Guard. As a result, migrants are often sent to detention centres. 30% of them lose their identity and travel documents and get their money and belongings seized.
The Embassy said it takes charge of the release of minors caught on the illegal migration route, often with counterfeit documents, only for one time. In case these trips reoccur minors are kept in custody until they are released on a bail.
It called on the Palestine Embassy in Syria to take all necessary measures in order to cease the influx of illegal migrants and help curtail the number of victims of such life-threatening trips.
