Published : 07-01-2015
The Palestinian Syrian refugees demanded the improvement of their legal status in Turkey, where Turkish authorities do not treat the Syrian-Palestinians, such as the Syrian citizens, who enter by the crossing borders without any visa, while any Palestinian arrives to the official crossing borders, escaping from Syria, will be completely refused to enter officially, even if he holds a passport issued by the Syrian Arab Republic.
Meanwhile, the Turkish authorities are keen to send any Palestinian, who arrives at the Turkish passports stamp department, back into Syrian territories.
However, the Palestinians of Syria in Turkey called the UNRWA, the Palestinian Embassy in Ankara, and the PLO to take rapid actions to address their legal status in Turkey, as they demanded to allow their families to enter Turkey without a visa and to treat them like Syrians with regard to residencies, visas, and work permits.
The refusal to grant the Palestinian refugees a visa and to prevent any Palestinians from entering Turkish territory pushes many of them to resort to another solution, which is entering in an informal and breaking the law unwillingly.
The risks of this solution are great, as we mentioned, at least being exposed to fraud and scam or being arrested or killed .Meanwhile, UNRWA estimates the number of Palestinian Syrian refugees in Turkey as about 1,600 refugees.
The Palestinian Syrian refugees demanded the improvement of their legal status in Turkey, where Turkish authorities do not treat the Syrian-Palestinians, such as the Syrian citizens, who enter by the crossing borders without any visa, while any Palestinian arrives to the official crossing borders, escaping from Syria, will be completely refused to enter officially, even if he holds a passport issued by the Syrian Arab Republic.
Meanwhile, the Turkish authorities are keen to send any Palestinian, who arrives at the Turkish passports stamp department, back into Syrian territories.
However, the Palestinians of Syria in Turkey called the UNRWA, the Palestinian Embassy in Ankara, and the PLO to take rapid actions to address their legal status in Turkey, as they demanded to allow their families to enter Turkey without a visa and to treat them like Syrians with regard to residencies, visas, and work permits.
The refusal to grant the Palestinian refugees a visa and to prevent any Palestinians from entering Turkish territory pushes many of them to resort to another solution, which is entering in an informal and breaking the law unwillingly.
The risks of this solution are great, as we mentioned, at least being exposed to fraud and scam or being arrested or killed .Meanwhile, UNRWA estimates the number of Palestinian Syrian refugees in Turkey as about 1,600 refugees.
