Published : 24-11-2017
In conjunction with the World Children's Day, AGPS confirmed that Palestinian children are subjected to major violations amid the war in Syria, on a daily basis.
AGPS’s Monitoring and Documentation Team added that 227 Palestinian children died due to the war in Syria, which is equivalent to 6.28% of the 3613 Palestinian refugees who have died in Syria.
The Monitoring Team clarified that the Palestinian children died due to many reasons, mainly because of the bombardments, snipers, clashes, the siege and drowning on death boats.
The statistics reveal that 73 children died as a result of the strict siege imposed by the Syrian regime and the Popular Front groups - General Command on the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in the south of Damascus.
While the Documentation Team added that it recorded 25 detained children and that the Syrian regime is still hiding their fate.The testimonies of the released detainees confirmed the presence of Palestinian infants in the arms of their mothers, in addition to a number of children who have died due to torture in the regime’s prisons.
Thousands of children are suffering from the continuous siege on Yarmouk camp and its surrounding areas. More than 2500 children are living without medical care, as well as being subjected to the dangers of malnutrition due to the strict siege imposed on Khan Al-Sheih camp.
In addition, thousands of Palestinian refugee children from Yarmouk camp in south Damascus and Deraa camp, are suffering from the consequences of the siege which has separated between the Palestinian families. Hundreds of children are missing one of their parents because of the Syrian regime banning the exit of families from the south, or the return of families to Yarmouk camp and south Damascus.
children in Syria have been prevented from their right to education, since warplanes, artillery and rockets bombarded several children's schools in Yarmouk camp, Khan Al-Sheih, Deraa and Muzayrib in south Damascus.
Meanwhile, ISIS, which is in control of Yarmouk camp, has closed most of the alternative schools in the camp, which is under the siege of the Syrian regime and the Popular Front groups - General Command, and forced the parents of students who were banned from education in the camp, to enroll their children in specific schools.
Also, thousands of Palestinian-Syrian children in Lebanon and Turkey, were forced to leave their schools and search for work, as a result of the terrible economic conditions and the failure of the international institutions, particularly UNRWA, to carry out their duties towards them.
The Action Group confirms that the ongoing war in Syria has negatively and greatly impacted the psychological life of the Palestinian refugee children, even to those who have fled outside Syria. Most of them suffer from depression, anxiety and post traumatic disorder because of the shock and fear. Some of them have had the image of what had happened to their family from the destruction of their house and their migration to another place, stuck in their heads.
On the occasion of the International Children's Day, AGPS is renewing its call to all international institutions, UNICEF and UNRWA in particular, to provide protection and care for the Palestinian-Syrian refugee children.
It also demands the Syrian regime to the immediately stop targeting the educational facilities and schools and to ensure the safety of children wherever they may be.
The Group appeals to the Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian and Turkish authorities to work to reduce the suffering of the Palestinian-Syrian refugee children that are present on their territories, especially regarding protecting their rights to a decent life, safety and education.
In conjunction with the World Children's Day, AGPS confirmed that Palestinian children are subjected to major violations amid the war in Syria, on a daily basis.
AGPS’s Monitoring and Documentation Team added that 227 Palestinian children died due to the war in Syria, which is equivalent to 6.28% of the 3613 Palestinian refugees who have died in Syria.
The Monitoring Team clarified that the Palestinian children died due to many reasons, mainly because of the bombardments, snipers, clashes, the siege and drowning on death boats.
The statistics reveal that 73 children died as a result of the strict siege imposed by the Syrian regime and the Popular Front groups - General Command on the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in the south of Damascus.
While the Documentation Team added that it recorded 25 detained children and that the Syrian regime is still hiding their fate.The testimonies of the released detainees confirmed the presence of Palestinian infants in the arms of their mothers, in addition to a number of children who have died due to torture in the regime’s prisons.
Thousands of children are suffering from the continuous siege on Yarmouk camp and its surrounding areas. More than 2500 children are living without medical care, as well as being subjected to the dangers of malnutrition due to the strict siege imposed on Khan Al-Sheih camp.
In addition, thousands of Palestinian refugee children from Yarmouk camp in south Damascus and Deraa camp, are suffering from the consequences of the siege which has separated between the Palestinian families. Hundreds of children are missing one of their parents because of the Syrian regime banning the exit of families from the south, or the return of families to Yarmouk camp and south Damascus.
children in Syria have been prevented from their right to education, since warplanes, artillery and rockets bombarded several children's schools in Yarmouk camp, Khan Al-Sheih, Deraa and Muzayrib in south Damascus.
Meanwhile, ISIS, which is in control of Yarmouk camp, has closed most of the alternative schools in the camp, which is under the siege of the Syrian regime and the Popular Front groups - General Command, and forced the parents of students who were banned from education in the camp, to enroll their children in specific schools.
Also, thousands of Palestinian-Syrian children in Lebanon and Turkey, were forced to leave their schools and search for work, as a result of the terrible economic conditions and the failure of the international institutions, particularly UNRWA, to carry out their duties towards them.
The Action Group confirms that the ongoing war in Syria has negatively and greatly impacted the psychological life of the Palestinian refugee children, even to those who have fled outside Syria. Most of them suffer from depression, anxiety and post traumatic disorder because of the shock and fear. Some of them have had the image of what had happened to their family from the destruction of their house and their migration to another place, stuck in their heads.
On the occasion of the International Children's Day, AGPS is renewing its call to all international institutions, UNICEF and UNRWA in particular, to provide protection and care for the Palestinian-Syrian refugee children.
It also demands the Syrian regime to the immediately stop targeting the educational facilities and schools and to ensure the safety of children wherever they may be.
The Group appeals to the Lebanese, Jordanian, Egyptian and Turkish authorities to work to reduce the suffering of the Palestinian-Syrian refugee children that are present on their territories, especially regarding protecting their rights to a decent life, safety and education.
