Published : 23-06-2022
The Turkish Association to Support Palestine (FIDAR) said it has identified the names of 100 Palestinian refugee children from Syria who have been denied access to education in Esenyurt, in the Turkish metropolitan province of Istanbul.
FIDAR said the children do not hold legal visas.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
The Turkish Association to Support Palestine (FIDAR) said it has identified the names of 100 Palestinian refugee children from Syria who have been denied access to education in Esenyurt, in the Turkish metropolitan province of Istanbul.
FIDAR said the children do not hold legal visas.
Unofficial statistics indicate that 10,000 Palestinians from Syria have sought shelter in Turkey, where they have been facing dire socio-economic conditions and denied access to the local labor market.
Turkish embassies continue to prevent Palestinian refugees from Syria from obtaining visas. As a result, hundreds of Palestinians have embarked on life-threatening journeys via illegal immigration roads to reach Turkey, fleeing war-tattered Syria, among other war-stricken zones.
