Published : 20-01-2018
Thousands of Palestinian-Syrian families are suffering from major family dispersion across the world. This has placed them in economic, legal and psychological challenges. Members of one family may be distributed across Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and European countries.
This dispersion has led the head of the household to separate from his family, either to travel to find a safe place for his family, or due to the siege which has prevented him leaving the camp to meet with his family. This has doubled the economic requirements of the families. In addition, many countries require that their children’s parents are present, in order to carry out certain transactions related to them.
This fragmentation was compounded by the reluctance of most embassies to grant the Palestinian-Syrian refugees visas to enter their territories. This has prevented a number of refugees from meeting their mothers, fathers or children, especially those in Lebanon, Europe and Turkey.
Thousands of Palestinian-Syrians in Europe have been waiting to be reunited with their families for three years. It takes about a year to get a residence, while a reunion takes about two years. During that period of time, most embassies of the countries in which refugee families are living, refuse to provide them with visas. This has prevented the families from meeting, even while their reunion procedures are complete.
In addition, there is difficulty in reuniting the families who are living across Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. The embassies of these countries have stopped giving Palestinian-Syrian refugees visas for over three years, preventing them from meeting with their families.
This is also the case for families that are dispersed between Syria and the rest of the world, where most of the refugees who were forced to leave Syria are afraid to return to it in case of potential arrest, especially the youth.
About one third of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees were forced to leave Syria, fearing the bombardments and arrests which have affected hundreds of them.
Thousands of Palestinian-Syrian families are suffering from major family dispersion across the world. This has placed them in economic, legal and psychological challenges. Members of one family may be distributed across Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and European countries.
This dispersion has led the head of the household to separate from his family, either to travel to find a safe place for his family, or due to the siege which has prevented him leaving the camp to meet with his family. This has doubled the economic requirements of the families. In addition, many countries require that their children’s parents are present, in order to carry out certain transactions related to them.
This fragmentation was compounded by the reluctance of most embassies to grant the Palestinian-Syrian refugees visas to enter their territories. This has prevented a number of refugees from meeting their mothers, fathers or children, especially those in Lebanon, Europe and Turkey.
Thousands of Palestinian-Syrians in Europe have been waiting to be reunited with their families for three years. It takes about a year to get a residence, while a reunion takes about two years. During that period of time, most embassies of the countries in which refugee families are living, refuse to provide them with visas. This has prevented the families from meeting, even while their reunion procedures are complete.
In addition, there is difficulty in reuniting the families who are living across Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt. The embassies of these countries have stopped giving Palestinian-Syrian refugees visas for over three years, preventing them from meeting with their families.
This is also the case for families that are dispersed between Syria and the rest of the world, where most of the refugees who were forced to leave Syria are afraid to return to it in case of potential arrest, especially the youth.
About one third of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees were forced to leave Syria, fearing the bombardments and arrests which have affected hundreds of them.
