Published : 08-10-2017
AGPS has been receiving messages from the Palestinian refugees who fled from Syrian to Egypt, warning of bullying actions targeting the displaced from Syria for the sake of extorting them and stealing their money.
A refugee explained that a Kia Cerato civilian car with tinted glass stopped him and one of its passengers asked him about his nationality. After learning that he was displaced from Syria, the passenger asked him for his passport. The refugee refused to show him his passport unless the passenger revealed his ID card to him. He gave him his identity card in which his name was Muhammed E. F. issued by the Department of Investigation Cairo.
The refugee handed him his passport where his residence permit seemed to have expired. The passengers demanded him to get in to the car and turned off his mobile phone. The refugee added: “I thought they were taking me to Gesr Al-Suez, however they took the Suez road which I know does not have any police departments or security centers.”
“Before the Future City junction they asked me to take out all of my money and when I refused, one of them took out his gun while the other pointed a knife at me and they cursed me. I gave them all I had and they threw the passport in the middle of the main street. I took the passport and dozens of cars were going to run me over. I returned home, broken, and in debt to a taxi.
Dozens of cases of robbery and theft have been repeated against Palestinian-Syrian refugees, as well as attempts to attack and harass women in Egypt.
Palestinian- Syrians in Egypt are also complaining from the weakness of their official representation. A number of refugees have told AGPS about the dereliction of the Palestinian embassy in Cairo, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the international organizations in solving their living and legal issues.
AGPS has been receiving messages from the Palestinian refugees who fled from Syrian to Egypt, warning of bullying actions targeting the displaced from Syria for the sake of extorting them and stealing their money.
A refugee explained that a Kia Cerato civilian car with tinted glass stopped him and one of its passengers asked him about his nationality. After learning that he was displaced from Syria, the passenger asked him for his passport. The refugee refused to show him his passport unless the passenger revealed his ID card to him. He gave him his identity card in which his name was Muhammed E. F. issued by the Department of Investigation Cairo.
The refugee handed him his passport where his residence permit seemed to have expired. The passengers demanded him to get in to the car and turned off his mobile phone. The refugee added: “I thought they were taking me to Gesr Al-Suez, however they took the Suez road which I know does not have any police departments or security centers.”
“Before the Future City junction they asked me to take out all of my money and when I refused, one of them took out his gun while the other pointed a knife at me and they cursed me. I gave them all I had and they threw the passport in the middle of the main street. I took the passport and dozens of cars were going to run me over. I returned home, broken, and in debt to a taxi.
Dozens of cases of robbery and theft have been repeated against Palestinian-Syrian refugees, as well as attempts to attack and harass women in Egypt.
Palestinian- Syrians in Egypt are also complaining from the weakness of their official representation. A number of refugees have told AGPS about the dereliction of the Palestinian embassy in Cairo, the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the international organizations in solving their living and legal issues.
