Published : 29-11-2017
AGPS revealed its documentation of significant physical and legal violations against the Palestinians of Syria, saying that to this point, 5257 Palestinians have been subjected to physical violations amid the ongoing violence in Syria, in addition to the thousands of wounded people who got injured for various reasons since the beginning of the war.
The Monitoring Team mentioned that 3614 deaths of of Palestinian refugees were recorded, after being killed because of the bombardments, siege, clashes, torture and drowning while trying to flee the war, in addition to 1643 cases of arrest or disappearance, of which 78 people forcibly disappeared in 2016.
The Group confirmed that the Syrian regime continues to impose its policy of physical and psychological abuse on the Palestinian refugees in Syria, while continuing to impose its siege on Yarmouk camp for 1595 consecutive days, during which 201 Palestinian refugees died as a result of the lack of food supplies and medical care because of the siege. The regime has also cut water and electricity from Yarmouk and Deraa camp for more than 1100 days, and is banning the residents of Yarmouk camp from leaving or returning to it.
On the legal level, the Action Group said that the Palestinian-Syrian refugee is still banned from entering most of the Arab and Islamic countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, the Arab Maghreb countries and Turkey, except under conditions that can be described as impossible, which are not available to the vast majority of refugees in a flagrant violation of fundamental rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such as article 13, paragraph 2, which states that "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to it."Article 14, paragraph 1 states that "Everyone has the right to seek or refer to other countries for asylum, to escape from persecution."
The Group added that these decisions and procedures have resulted in many fatal incidents against the Palestinian refugees, as well as expressing its concern about the fate of the Palestinian refugees; inpiduals and families from Syria, which are stranded in airports and on borders, calling on the countries concerned to immediately allow Palestinian refugees from Syria to enter their territories and providing them with the necessary facilities for a safe living, far from the war and anything that threatens their lives.
The Group also stresses on the need for the Palestinian Authority and its embassies to undertake the diplomatic work necessary to lift the restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of Palestinian refugees in Arab and Islamic countries, based on the international treaties and conventions that assert on the people’s right to travel.
The Group called on the international community in general and UNRWA in particular, to do its role in providing physical and legal protection for the Palestinians of Syria, and to support the rights of Palestinian refugees to move, reside and work in the countries where they are destined.
The Action Group also urged that all kinds of protection be offered to the Palestinian refugees, as stipulated in the international conventions, to lift the siege on the Palestinian camps and to allow the passage of emergency relief convoys to the Palestinian refugees inside the camps and the besieged areas.
AGPS revealed its documentation of significant physical and legal violations against the Palestinians of Syria, saying that to this point, 5257 Palestinians have been subjected to physical violations amid the ongoing violence in Syria, in addition to the thousands of wounded people who got injured for various reasons since the beginning of the war.
The Monitoring Team mentioned that 3614 deaths of of Palestinian refugees were recorded, after being killed because of the bombardments, siege, clashes, torture and drowning while trying to flee the war, in addition to 1643 cases of arrest or disappearance, of which 78 people forcibly disappeared in 2016.
The Group confirmed that the Syrian regime continues to impose its policy of physical and psychological abuse on the Palestinian refugees in Syria, while continuing to impose its siege on Yarmouk camp for 1595 consecutive days, during which 201 Palestinian refugees died as a result of the lack of food supplies and medical care because of the siege. The regime has also cut water and electricity from Yarmouk and Deraa camp for more than 1100 days, and is banning the residents of Yarmouk camp from leaving or returning to it.
On the legal level, the Action Group said that the Palestinian-Syrian refugee is still banned from entering most of the Arab and Islamic countries, including Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, the Arab Maghreb countries and Turkey, except under conditions that can be described as impossible, which are not available to the vast majority of refugees in a flagrant violation of fundamental rights set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, such as article 13, paragraph 2, which states that "Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to it."Article 14, paragraph 1 states that "Everyone has the right to seek or refer to other countries for asylum, to escape from persecution."
The Group added that these decisions and procedures have resulted in many fatal incidents against the Palestinian refugees, as well as expressing its concern about the fate of the Palestinian refugees; inpiduals and families from Syria, which are stranded in airports and on borders, calling on the countries concerned to immediately allow Palestinian refugees from Syria to enter their territories and providing them with the necessary facilities for a safe living, far from the war and anything that threatens their lives.
The Group also stresses on the need for the Palestinian Authority and its embassies to undertake the diplomatic work necessary to lift the restrictions imposed on the freedom of movement of Palestinian refugees in Arab and Islamic countries, based on the international treaties and conventions that assert on the people’s right to travel.
The Group called on the international community in general and UNRWA in particular, to do its role in providing physical and legal protection for the Palestinians of Syria, and to support the rights of Palestinian refugees to move, reside and work in the countries where they are destined.
The Action Group also urged that all kinds of protection be offered to the Palestinian refugees, as stipulated in the international conventions, to lift the siege on the Palestinian camps and to allow the passage of emergency relief convoys to the Palestinian refugees inside the camps and the besieged areas.
