Published : 07-08-2022
Palestinian refugees sheltered in displacement camps across war-torn Syria continue to denounce burglary assaults and vandalism by delinquents gathering across residential neighborhoods and main access roads.
The war has resulted in increasing rates of juvenile delinquency, unemployment, and psychological disorders.
Drug consumption and trafficking have also been increasingly reported among adolescents and minors. Delinquents continue to terrorize civilians using white guns.
Recently, a quarrel broke out between two teens in AlHusaniya Camp for Palestinian refugees over drug. One of them was seriously injured.
At the same time, a young man was killed in AlSabina Camp following a disagreement with a drug trafficker.
Daily scenes of destruction and bloodshed in Syria forced dozens of helpless civilians, among them children, to consume drugs and sniff glue, among other life-threatening substances, as a means to get over the trauma inflicted by the unabated warfare. Drug use, which starts as a way to escape, quickly makes their life worse.
Drug distribution is often carried out by children aged below 18 and members of cash-strapped and vulnerable families who are exploited by illicit drug trafficking networks which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
Palestinian refugees sheltered in displacement camps across war-torn Syria continue to denounce burglary assaults and vandalism by delinquents gathering across residential neighborhoods and main access roads.
The war has resulted in increasing rates of juvenile delinquency, unemployment, and psychological disorders.
Drug consumption and trafficking have also been increasingly reported among adolescents and minors. Delinquents continue to terrorize civilians using white guns.
Recently, a quarrel broke out between two teens in AlHusaniya Camp for Palestinian refugees over drug. One of them was seriously injured.
At the same time, a young man was killed in AlSabina Camp following a disagreement with a drug trafficker.
Daily scenes of destruction and bloodshed in Syria forced dozens of helpless civilians, among them children, to consume drugs and sniff glue, among other life-threatening substances, as a means to get over the trauma inflicted by the unabated warfare. Drug use, which starts as a way to escape, quickly makes their life worse.
Drug distribution is often carried out by children aged below 18 and members of cash-strapped and vulnerable families who are exploited by illicit drug trafficking networks which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
