Published : 20-12-2016
Palestinian-Syrian refugees sheltered on Greek islands have sounded distress signals over the exacerbated humanitarian and socio-economic conditions they have been subjected to.
The situation has gone far worse after the EU heads of state forged the March 18, 2016 deal with Turkey, sparking an atmosphere of palpable panic.
At its core, the agreement aimed to address the overwhelming flow of migrants and asylum seekers traveling across the Aegean from Turkey to the Greek islands by allowing Greece to return to Turkey all new irregular migrants arriving after March 20.
Leaflets released by the Greek authorities confirmed that the Palestinians of Syria are not implied by the accord for they are categorized as “stateless”persons, making their status even worse.
Speaking with AGPS, Palestinian refugee from Syria Iyad Mohamed, a resident of Al-Husseiniya Camp who has been stranded on a Greek island, said each time the Greek authorities receive appeals to work out the crisis, they just respond in their habitually clichéd manner: “We are in touch with our European partners to find new shelters for the refugees”.
Recently, several reports and snapshots have been released by AGPS over the situation of the Palestinians of Syria who have been seeking asylum in Greece.
Sometime earlier, Palestinian-Syrian journalist Amal Faour spoke out against the flagrant violations and psycho-physical mistreatment perpetrated against the Palestinians of Syria on the Greek island of Chios.
Speaking with AGPS, Palestinian refugees in Greek said they have been subjected to medical neglect and poor hygiene along with the lack of relief assistance and the propagation of poisonous reptiles in the makeshift tents they have been locked up in.
The refugees also said tension has been running high on Greek Islands due to the aggressive assaults carried out by far-right gangsters. One such attack occurred by the end of last November when Greek xenophobes burned down refugee tents in Souda Camp, on Chios Island, using Molotov cocktails. 150 Palestinians from Syria fled the camp at the time of the attack. The Greek police accused immigrants of playing with fireworks.
The Palestinians of Syria have also been the permanent targets of deadly assaults by Greek fanatics using cold weapons.
Palestinian Syrian refugee Hazim, a resident of Yarmouk, said Palestinian refugees have been aggressively attacked by dozens of immigrants from other nationalities and ethnic backgrounds in the presence of Greek cops. Several refugees sustained wounds and bruises in similar assaults.
He further slammed the Greek police for turning blind eyes and deaf ears to the frequent burglaries and larcenies perpetrated against the Palestinians of Syria.
The refugee added that Palestinians have been grappling with a vulnerable legal status. He leveled heavy criticism at the Palestinian Authority (PA) ambassador to Greece for reneging on his promises to pay a field visit to refugee camp and for turning his back on the stranded asylum-seekers.
The Palestinians of Syria appealed to the concerned authorities to urgently step in and allow them a safe access to another European state. They further called on the human rights institutions to step up pressure on the Greek authorities so as to cease the daily crackdowns against the refugees.
The Palestinians of Syria expressed their firm rebuff of attempts to send them back to Turkey, a country itself rocked by simmering mayhem.
According to unofficial statistics, 400 Palestinian refugees, mostly from the Syrian camps of Deraa, Yarmouk, Al-Aydeen, and Al-Husseiniya, have been seeking shelter in makeshift tents and under-equipped halls on such Greek islands as Lesbos, Chios, Leros, and Kos.
Palestinian-Syrian refugees sheltered on Greek islands have sounded distress signals over the exacerbated humanitarian and socio-economic conditions they have been subjected to.
The situation has gone far worse after the EU heads of state forged the March 18, 2016 deal with Turkey, sparking an atmosphere of palpable panic.
At its core, the agreement aimed to address the overwhelming flow of migrants and asylum seekers traveling across the Aegean from Turkey to the Greek islands by allowing Greece to return to Turkey all new irregular migrants arriving after March 20.
Leaflets released by the Greek authorities confirmed that the Palestinians of Syria are not implied by the accord for they are categorized as “stateless”persons, making their status even worse.
Speaking with AGPS, Palestinian refugee from Syria Iyad Mohamed, a resident of Al-Husseiniya Camp who has been stranded on a Greek island, said each time the Greek authorities receive appeals to work out the crisis, they just respond in their habitually clichéd manner: “We are in touch with our European partners to find new shelters for the refugees”.
Recently, several reports and snapshots have been released by AGPS over the situation of the Palestinians of Syria who have been seeking asylum in Greece.
Sometime earlier, Palestinian-Syrian journalist Amal Faour spoke out against the flagrant violations and psycho-physical mistreatment perpetrated against the Palestinians of Syria on the Greek island of Chios.
Speaking with AGPS, Palestinian refugees in Greek said they have been subjected to medical neglect and poor hygiene along with the lack of relief assistance and the propagation of poisonous reptiles in the makeshift tents they have been locked up in.
The refugees also said tension has been running high on Greek Islands due to the aggressive assaults carried out by far-right gangsters. One such attack occurred by the end of last November when Greek xenophobes burned down refugee tents in Souda Camp, on Chios Island, using Molotov cocktails. 150 Palestinians from Syria fled the camp at the time of the attack. The Greek police accused immigrants of playing with fireworks.
The Palestinians of Syria have also been the permanent targets of deadly assaults by Greek fanatics using cold weapons.
Palestinian Syrian refugee Hazim, a resident of Yarmouk, said Palestinian refugees have been aggressively attacked by dozens of immigrants from other nationalities and ethnic backgrounds in the presence of Greek cops. Several refugees sustained wounds and bruises in similar assaults.
He further slammed the Greek police for turning blind eyes and deaf ears to the frequent burglaries and larcenies perpetrated against the Palestinians of Syria.
The refugee added that Palestinians have been grappling with a vulnerable legal status. He leveled heavy criticism at the Palestinian Authority (PA) ambassador to Greece for reneging on his promises to pay a field visit to refugee camp and for turning his back on the stranded asylum-seekers.
The Palestinians of Syria appealed to the concerned authorities to urgently step in and allow them a safe access to another European state. They further called on the human rights institutions to step up pressure on the Greek authorities so as to cease the daily crackdowns against the refugees.
The Palestinians of Syria expressed their firm rebuff of attempts to send them back to Turkey, a country itself rocked by simmering mayhem.
According to unofficial statistics, 400 Palestinian refugees, mostly from the Syrian camps of Deraa, Yarmouk, Al-Aydeen, and Al-Husseiniya, have been seeking shelter in makeshift tents and under-equipped halls on such Greek islands as Lesbos, Chios, Leros, and Kos.
