Published : 11-12-2022
On the International Human Rights Day, AGPS calls on the international community and UNRWA to assume their responsibilities regarding the Palestinian refugee community and to work on providing those trapped in conflict zones, particularly Syria, with psycho-physical and legal protection.
AGPS also stresses the need to secure the refugees’ access to their basic rights to free movement, healthcare, humanitarian assistance, and education, as per international laws and conventions.
Due to their fragile legal status, Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have been subject to arbitrary arrests and movement crackdowns and denied their basic rights. Those who fled the war-torn country to other destinations remain at a constant risk of refoulement.
After twelve years of conflict, PRS continue to be one of the most vulnerable groups in Syria with immense humanitarian needs.
The death toll of the Palestinians of Syria has hit 4,121, among them 3,221 civilians. At the same time, AGPS recorded the secret detention and enforced disappearance of over 3,000 PRS. 636 refugees died under torture in Syrian prisons.
Over 90 per cent of Palestine refugee households in Syria live in poverty and 40 per cent remain in protracted displacement as a result of conflict and the damage and destruction of their homes.
UN data indicates that 126,000 PRS are identified as extremely vulnerable; 89% live in poverty; 91% live in extreme poverty; and 80% rely on UNRWA cash assistance as their main source of income.
UNRWA also said that 55% of PRS do not possess valid legal residency documents; 100% of PRS are in need of winterization assistance; and 86% of PRS households are reported to be in debt.
On the International Human Rights Day, AGPS calls on the international community and UNRWA to assume their responsibilities regarding the Palestinian refugee community and to work on providing those trapped in conflict zones, particularly Syria, with psycho-physical and legal protection.
AGPS also stresses the need to secure the refugees’ access to their basic rights to free movement, healthcare, humanitarian assistance, and education, as per international laws and conventions.
Due to their fragile legal status, Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) have been subject to arbitrary arrests and movement crackdowns and denied their basic rights. Those who fled the war-torn country to other destinations remain at a constant risk of refoulement.
After twelve years of conflict, PRS continue to be one of the most vulnerable groups in Syria with immense humanitarian needs.
The death toll of the Palestinians of Syria has hit 4,121, among them 3,221 civilians. At the same time, AGPS recorded the secret detention and enforced disappearance of over 3,000 PRS. 636 refugees died under torture in Syrian prisons.
Over 90 per cent of Palestine refugee households in Syria live in poverty and 40 per cent remain in protracted displacement as a result of conflict and the damage and destruction of their homes.
UN data indicates that 126,000 PRS are identified as extremely vulnerable; 89% live in poverty; 91% live in extreme poverty; and 80% rely on UNRWA cash assistance as their main source of income.
UNRWA also said that 55% of PRS do not possess valid legal residency documents; 100% of PRS are in need of winterization assistance; and 86% of PRS households are reported to be in debt.
