Published : 12-11-2017
Palestinian brothers “Hamza and Othman Khashan” who are stranded at Malaysia International Airport, called on the international organizations and institutions, human rights organizations and civil society to intervene to release them and solve their case.
According to the activist “Fatma Gaber,” which published the appeal, the brothers “Hamza Khasan” 23 years old and “Othman Khashan” 13 years old, have been stranded in Malaysia Airport since 15/10/2017.
She added: “The mother has been in Malaysia for 5 years and she is registered with her children at the UNHCR Malaysia. The father has been in Germany for 3 years and based on his residency, he is entitled to reunite his family. However, Germany rejected the request on the grounds that the family would get asylum through the UNHCR in Malaysia."
For its part, the UNHCR in Malaysia stopped their asylum after learning that the father has a residency in Germany and that he will arrange for his family to be reunited. According to the activist Fatma, all sides are avoiding helping and solving this family’s problem.
He then tried to travel to Malaysia to see his wife and children after taking the residency, but was prevented from traveling because he did not receive and approval for his visa. As a result, he suffered a severe heart attack and had to be hospitalized.
The activist added that Hamza had to travel from Malaysia to Germany with a valid Palestinian passport, since his Palestinian-Syrian document had expired since 2013. He was accompanied by his brother Othman who holds a “Palestinian-Syrian travel document,” as they passed through Cambodia Airport, however, the Cambodian authorities blocked their passage. They were returned to Malaysia airport, however they were not allowed to enter because the country closed their file and placed a block on them for five years, after they left.
About a month after Hamza and Othman were detained at the airport, they are now threatened with deportation to Syria or imprisonment in Malaysia until the UNHCR finds a solution to their problem.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled their camps and gatherings in Syria, to the near and far countries. Thousands of them headed to Europe on “death boats, or walked on their feet to cross to several countries, in an attempt to gain security, stability and respect to their humanity, after losing them in the majority of Arab countries and others.
Palestinian brothers “Hamza and Othman Khashan” who are stranded at Malaysia International Airport, called on the international organizations and institutions, human rights organizations and civil society to intervene to release them and solve their case.
According to the activist “Fatma Gaber,” which published the appeal, the brothers “Hamza Khasan” 23 years old and “Othman Khashan” 13 years old, have been stranded in Malaysia Airport since 15/10/2017.
She added: “The mother has been in Malaysia for 5 years and she is registered with her children at the UNHCR Malaysia. The father has been in Germany for 3 years and based on his residency, he is entitled to reunite his family. However, Germany rejected the request on the grounds that the family would get asylum through the UNHCR in Malaysia."
For its part, the UNHCR in Malaysia stopped their asylum after learning that the father has a residency in Germany and that he will arrange for his family to be reunited. According to the activist Fatma, all sides are avoiding helping and solving this family’s problem.
He then tried to travel to Malaysia to see his wife and children after taking the residency, but was prevented from traveling because he did not receive and approval for his visa. As a result, he suffered a severe heart attack and had to be hospitalized.
The activist added that Hamza had to travel from Malaysia to Germany with a valid Palestinian passport, since his Palestinian-Syrian document had expired since 2013. He was accompanied by his brother Othman who holds a “Palestinian-Syrian travel document,” as they passed through Cambodia Airport, however, the Cambodian authorities blocked their passage. They were returned to Malaysia airport, however they were not allowed to enter because the country closed their file and placed a block on them for five years, after they left.
About a month after Hamza and Othman were detained at the airport, they are now threatened with deportation to Syria or imprisonment in Malaysia until the UNHCR finds a solution to their problem.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees have fled their camps and gatherings in Syria, to the near and far countries. Thousands of them headed to Europe on “death boats, or walked on their feet to cross to several countries, in an attempt to gain security, stability and respect to their humanity, after losing them in the majority of Arab countries and others.
