Published : 03-01-2016
Monitoring and documentation team in AGPS confirmed that the number of Palestinian refugees who had claimed asylum in the European Union during the period from the beginning of 2011 until December 2015 has reached (71.206) refugees at least, based on the follow-up to a number of Statistics issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and the European Agency for the Management of Operational cooperation at the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), and some statistics from the European Union and on the count of refugees to Europe.
In details; the nearly (2465) Palestinian-Syrians had arrived to Europe during the year 2011, (3513) others during the year 2012, while the number rose to (9620) refugees in the year 2013, and continued to rise In 2014 to reach (13902) refugees, based on the Commission statistics.
With regard to the statistics of the year (2015), and because of the large disturbances and varying numbers that have entered Europe, which did not necessarily complete the asylum procedures, statistics relied on the European Agency statistics for the management of operational cooperation at the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), which indicated through the second quarterly report that the number of refugees coming from Syria to Europe has risen almost three times, consequently estimate that the number of Palestinians in Syria who arrived until the end of 2015 at (41.706).
This brings the total number of Palestinian-Syrian refugees who arrived to the EU countries in the period 2011 to 2015, up to (71.206) with the assurance that the figure is estimated.
The Monitoring and Documentation Team in AGPS stressed that the search for the number of Palestinian-Syrian refugees who have arrived in Europe requires a great effort, especially with the absence of official sources, which requires access to research in the archives of the European Union, and the General Office of the (UNHCR), and processing them in an attempt to get the most accurate number of Palestinian-Syrians who are often classified under the category of "Stateless", which includes other numbers of Kurdish refugees and Kuwaitis (Bidun), Somalis, who are estimated at about 16%.
Monitoring and documentation team in AGPS confirmed that the number of Palestinian refugees who had claimed asylum in the European Union during the period from the beginning of 2011 until December 2015 has reached (71.206) refugees at least, based on the follow-up to a number of Statistics issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, and the European Agency for the Management of Operational cooperation at the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), and some statistics from the European Union and on the count of refugees to Europe.
In details; the nearly (2465) Palestinian-Syrians had arrived to Europe during the year 2011, (3513) others during the year 2012, while the number rose to (9620) refugees in the year 2013, and continued to rise In 2014 to reach (13902) refugees, based on the Commission statistics.
With regard to the statistics of the year (2015), and because of the large disturbances and varying numbers that have entered Europe, which did not necessarily complete the asylum procedures, statistics relied on the European Agency statistics for the management of operational cooperation at the external borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex), which indicated through the second quarterly report that the number of refugees coming from Syria to Europe has risen almost three times, consequently estimate that the number of Palestinians in Syria who arrived until the end of 2015 at (41.706).
This brings the total number of Palestinian-Syrian refugees who arrived to the EU countries in the period 2011 to 2015, up to (71.206) with the assurance that the figure is estimated.
The Monitoring and Documentation Team in AGPS stressed that the search for the number of Palestinian-Syrian refugees who have arrived in Europe requires a great effort, especially with the absence of official sources, which requires access to research in the archives of the European Union, and the General Office of the (UNHCR), and processing them in an attempt to get the most accurate number of Palestinian-Syrians who are often classified under the category of "Stateless", which includes other numbers of Kurdish refugees and Kuwaitis (Bidun), Somalis, who are estimated at about 16%.
