Published : 01-11-2022
Palestinian refugee Mazen Abu Ajaj and his family have been denied asylum in Sweden, where they have been living for the seventh consecutive year.
Mazen, his wife, and six children are sheltered in Salvastor camp, located between Helsingborg and Angelholm, south of Sweden.
In an interview with Radio Sweden, Mazen said he has been dreaming of building a promising career in Sweden. However, linguistic discrepancies and complicated visa procedures have made his project difficult to materialize on the ground.
Mazen fled Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus. He had also lived in a Gulf country.
AGPS is deeply concerned over the fate of dozens of Palestinian-Syrian refugees after Sweden rebuffed appeals to grant those fleeing Gulf States asylum status.
Refugees who spend three to six month outside those countries are often systematically bereaved of their right to provisional stays, forcing dozens to wonder down and out in streets.
AGPS calls on the Swedish Migration Agency to reconsider its asylum knockback so as to preserve the lives of hundreds who have been living under the threat of torture, abduction, and homelessness.
AGPS urges Sweden to resume its positive and humanitarian responses towards Palestinian refugees, as has been the case over the past few decades. Sweden had warmly received thousands of asylum-seekers during the Gulf Wars and the Lebanese and Syrian turmoils.
Palestinian refugee Mazen Abu Ajaj and his family have been denied asylum in Sweden, where they have been living for the seventh consecutive year.
Mazen, his wife, and six children are sheltered in Salvastor camp, located between Helsingborg and Angelholm, south of Sweden.
In an interview with Radio Sweden, Mazen said he has been dreaming of building a promising career in Sweden. However, linguistic discrepancies and complicated visa procedures have made his project difficult to materialize on the ground.
Mazen fled Yarmouk Camp, in Damascus. He had also lived in a Gulf country.
AGPS is deeply concerned over the fate of dozens of Palestinian-Syrian refugees after Sweden rebuffed appeals to grant those fleeing Gulf States asylum status.
Refugees who spend three to six month outside those countries are often systematically bereaved of their right to provisional stays, forcing dozens to wonder down and out in streets.
AGPS calls on the Swedish Migration Agency to reconsider its asylum knockback so as to preserve the lives of hundreds who have been living under the threat of torture, abduction, and homelessness.
AGPS urges Sweden to resume its positive and humanitarian responses towards Palestinian refugees, as has been the case over the past few decades. Sweden had warmly received thousands of asylum-seekers during the Gulf Wars and the Lebanese and Syrian turmoils.
