Published : 29-06-2015
Syrians and Palestinian Syrian refugees who come for the European countries with a view to immigration to escape from the hell of war in Syria, have seized upon bicycles which are now used to move from Turkey to Bulgaria, Greece and then to the Balkans, Italy, and eventually to Western Europe.
The importance of using bicycles for refugees is that it provides them pay large sums of money for brokers and traffickers; instead of paying 5 thousands Euros to reach Europe, refugees purchase a bicycle at a price ranging between 150 to 250 Euros.
According to the testimony of a refugee who have used a bicycle that the idea came to them after seeing how the brokers and smugglers to exploit and fraud the refugees.
He added: 'I and a number of young people decided to buy a bicycle and take all the necessary food, drink, and a map to show the way landmarks, and then we launched early in the morning,
He added that the trip is not easy and they faced many problems and obstacles in the road, but the grace of God we were able to overcome all those obstacles and we got to our destination.
It is noteworthy that thousands of Palestinian refugees who escaped from the hell of war in Syria are still stuck in a number of European traffic countries such as Greece, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, and Macedonia, and are living in difficult humanitarian conditions. Furthermore, they suffered of detention and being forced to fingerprint and being deprived of applying asylum application in European countries in order to live with their relatives. In addition to the terrorism and scams of human traffickers against refugees, as well as their control of the refugees' lives then throw them in the smuggling road to find the fate of death.
Syrians and Palestinian Syrian refugees who come for the European countries with a view to immigration to escape from the hell of war in Syria, have seized upon bicycles which are now used to move from Turkey to Bulgaria, Greece and then to the Balkans, Italy, and eventually to Western Europe.
The importance of using bicycles for refugees is that it provides them pay large sums of money for brokers and traffickers; instead of paying 5 thousands Euros to reach Europe, refugees purchase a bicycle at a price ranging between 150 to 250 Euros.
According to the testimony of a refugee who have used a bicycle that the idea came to them after seeing how the brokers and smugglers to exploit and fraud the refugees.
He added: 'I and a number of young people decided to buy a bicycle and take all the necessary food, drink, and a map to show the way landmarks, and then we launched early in the morning,
He added that the trip is not easy and they faced many problems and obstacles in the road, but the grace of God we were able to overcome all those obstacles and we got to our destination.
It is noteworthy that thousands of Palestinian refugees who escaped from the hell of war in Syria are still stuck in a number of European traffic countries such as Greece, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, and Macedonia, and are living in difficult humanitarian conditions. Furthermore, they suffered of detention and being forced to fingerprint and being deprived of applying asylum application in European countries in order to live with their relatives. In addition to the terrorism and scams of human traffickers against refugees, as well as their control of the refugees' lives then throw them in the smuggling road to find the fate of death.
