Published : 23-01-2017
Palestinian refugees in Syria have been enduring a situation of unparalleled intricacy in their attempt to secure graves to bury their slain relatives.
Torn from the nourishment of home and the warmth of family, Palestinian refugees have been overburden with an exhaustive permit-acquisition process and steep burial costs.
In Damascus, Palestinians have been made to rent graves in Al-Halaka Cemetery at $800 per every diseased body and for a period of no more than three years. As soon as three-year period passes by, the family has to either renew the lease or else to transfer the body to another graveyard.
In the Damascus cemetery of Al-Bab Al-Saghir the rental fee per every tomb has gone up as high as $1,100.
Overwhelmed by the brunt of poverty and unemployment, Palestinian families in Syria have often appealed to the Palestinian Embassy in Damascus to urge the Syrian authorities and armed factions to give the go-ahead to their pleas to burn their deceased relatives inside refugee shelters.
Local activists said the crisis has not been worked out despite the efforts made sporadically by the Palestinian Embassy to reach out to the concerned authorities.
Palestinian refugees in Syria have been enduring a situation of unparalleled intricacy in their attempt to secure graves to bury their slain relatives.
Torn from the nourishment of home and the warmth of family, Palestinian refugees have been overburden with an exhaustive permit-acquisition process and steep burial costs.
In Damascus, Palestinians have been made to rent graves in Al-Halaka Cemetery at $800 per every diseased body and for a period of no more than three years. As soon as three-year period passes by, the family has to either renew the lease or else to transfer the body to another graveyard.
In the Damascus cemetery of Al-Bab Al-Saghir the rental fee per every tomb has gone up as high as $1,100.
Overwhelmed by the brunt of poverty and unemployment, Palestinian families in Syria have often appealed to the Palestinian Embassy in Damascus to urge the Syrian authorities and armed factions to give the go-ahead to their pleas to burn their deceased relatives inside refugee shelters.
Local activists said the crisis has not been worked out despite the efforts made sporadically by the Palestinian Embassy to reach out to the concerned authorities.
