Published : 19-12-2017
The father of the Palestinian-Syrian child “Hamza Hossam Abd Al-Qader Hameed,” has renewed his calls to the humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross and anyone who has information about his son, in order to know his fate.
In the appeal published by the child’s father, Hossam Hameed,” he stated that his son went missing after their boat sank in the Aegean Sea, off the Greek shores, during the migration of the child with his family from Turkey to Greece, on 20-09-2015.
Hameed added that his 8 year old son, Hamza, has a speech disability and lives with his family in Turkey. Hameed also noted that a German television channel broadcasted a report, in which he saw his son.
The family had fled Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees after it was bombarded, then to Turkey. From the Turkish city of Izmir, the left headed to the Greek island of Mytilini, on a death boat.
According to the boy’s father, during the journey and the presence of the rubber boat in the territorial waters, at 4 am, a large ship approached the boat and hit it. He added that it was extremely dark, and there was a lack of vision. He lost his son from between his arms from the strength of his shock, after the 52 people who were on board the boat, threw themselves into the sea.
During the accident, the father went into a coma, waking up to find himself among a number of Greek Coast Guards, and to realize that his son had gone missing. He began to ask the coast guards and the Red Cross about his son, however both said that they could not find him.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees immigrated from Syria to the neighboring and European countries. More than 50 refugees have died in sinking accidents on the immigration route. A number of other refugees have gone missing, while no information about them has been received to this date.
The father of the Palestinian-Syrian child “Hamza Hossam Abd Al-Qader Hameed,” has renewed his calls to the humanitarian organizations, the Red Cross and anyone who has information about his son, in order to know his fate.
In the appeal published by the child’s father, Hossam Hameed,” he stated that his son went missing after their boat sank in the Aegean Sea, off the Greek shores, during the migration of the child with his family from Turkey to Greece, on 20-09-2015.
Hameed added that his 8 year old son, Hamza, has a speech disability and lives with his family in Turkey. Hameed also noted that a German television channel broadcasted a report, in which he saw his son.
The family had fled Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees after it was bombarded, then to Turkey. From the Turkish city of Izmir, the left headed to the Greek island of Mytilini, on a death boat.
According to the boy’s father, during the journey and the presence of the rubber boat in the territorial waters, at 4 am, a large ship approached the boat and hit it. He added that it was extremely dark, and there was a lack of vision. He lost his son from between his arms from the strength of his shock, after the 52 people who were on board the boat, threw themselves into the sea.
During the accident, the father went into a coma, waking up to find himself among a number of Greek Coast Guards, and to realize that his son had gone missing. He began to ask the coast guards and the Red Cross about his son, however both said that they could not find him.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees immigrated from Syria to the neighboring and European countries. More than 50 refugees have died in sinking accidents on the immigration route. A number of other refugees have gone missing, while no information about them has been received to this date.
