Published : 17-07-2016
In Palestine, Palestinian Syrian and Palestinian families, who resorted from other Arab countries to Gaza, appealed the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and all officials in decision-making positions to assume duty and responsibility towards them, to pay more attention to their cause and tragedy, and to work to find lasting solutions for them.
The coordinating body that represents those families said that: "We, refugees of Syria, Libya, and Yemen, are escaping from the wars in the Spring Arab countries to the Gaza Strip. We lost everything we had, the government called us, and there was coordination between these countries. We are now 400 families and now we are below the poverty line, does the government unable to provide a business opportunity for us to live in dignity her? The refugees pointed out that they were employees, engineers, and doctors and 7.5% per month was deducted from their salaries for the benefit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Chairman of the Joint Coordination Commission for Refugees of Arab States, Dr. Mahmoud Shawish, demanded all United Nations organizations to consider those refugees as a real asylum case to Gaza and to deal with them on this basis, and not to consider them as a regular occurrence in the Gazan society. "We are clearly demanding to provide the minimum of a dignified life, we demand to provide housing, and fixed work, we are an emergency, a case of asylum from a civil war. UNRWA and international organizations should deal with this situation as a case of asylum that requires emergency aid," he said.
In Palestine, Palestinian Syrian and Palestinian families, who resorted from other Arab countries to Gaza, appealed the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, and all officials in decision-making positions to assume duty and responsibility towards them, to pay more attention to their cause and tragedy, and to work to find lasting solutions for them.
The coordinating body that represents those families said that: "We, refugees of Syria, Libya, and Yemen, are escaping from the wars in the Spring Arab countries to the Gaza Strip. We lost everything we had, the government called us, and there was coordination between these countries. We are now 400 families and now we are below the poverty line, does the government unable to provide a business opportunity for us to live in dignity her? The refugees pointed out that they were employees, engineers, and doctors and 7.5% per month was deducted from their salaries for the benefit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Chairman of the Joint Coordination Commission for Refugees of Arab States, Dr. Mahmoud Shawish, demanded all United Nations organizations to consider those refugees as a real asylum case to Gaza and to deal with them on this basis, and not to consider them as a regular occurrence in the Gazan society. "We are clearly demanding to provide the minimum of a dignified life, we demand to provide housing, and fixed work, we are an emergency, a case of asylum from a civil war. UNRWA and international organizations should deal with this situation as a case of asylum that requires emergency aid," he said.
