Published : 30-01-2018
The Ukrainian authorities have detained the Palestinian-Syrian refugee “Fares Hashem Salama,” after his deportation from Istanbul Atatürk Airport under the pretext that he does not have a visa to allow his entry to the Turkish territory.
Salama told the Action Group that he is detained in Boryspil International Airport, which is located in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, in very difficult humanitarian conditions. He added that the airport’s authorities did not provide him with any food or water and that he sleeps on the passengers’ seats.
Fares continued that his fate remains unclear to this day, amid the ongoing refusal of all countries, including the Arab and Islamic countries, to welcome him. Ukraine has previously issued a decision to keep him away.
Fares had attempted to leave Ukraine irregularly because a majority of countries refused to welcome him and he was unable to leave Ukraine. He was detained there and exposed to several courts that ruled of his imprisonment or that he pays a fine of 600 Euros with his deportation. He was given a month to leave the country.
He could not find any country to accept him, so he booked a flight to Mauritania, which passes through Morocco and Turkey. Upon his arrival in Mauritania, he was banned from entering because he does not have a visa and he was deported back to Morocco, where he was also prevented from entering, and thus transferred back to Turkey.
Fares’ family has appealed to anyone who has any contact or communication with people, organizations or the Palestinian embassy in Turkey or Ukraine, to help their son Fares find a solution to this suffering. The family is a resident of the Aedin refugee camp in Homs.
The Ukrainian authorities have detained the Palestinian-Syrian refugee “Fares Hashem Salama,” after his deportation from Istanbul Atatürk Airport under the pretext that he does not have a visa to allow his entry to the Turkish territory.
Salama told the Action Group that he is detained in Boryspil International Airport, which is located in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, in very difficult humanitarian conditions. He added that the airport’s authorities did not provide him with any food or water and that he sleeps on the passengers’ seats.
Fares continued that his fate remains unclear to this day, amid the ongoing refusal of all countries, including the Arab and Islamic countries, to welcome him. Ukraine has previously issued a decision to keep him away.
Fares had attempted to leave Ukraine irregularly because a majority of countries refused to welcome him and he was unable to leave Ukraine. He was detained there and exposed to several courts that ruled of his imprisonment or that he pays a fine of 600 Euros with his deportation. He was given a month to leave the country.
He could not find any country to accept him, so he booked a flight to Mauritania, which passes through Morocco and Turkey. Upon his arrival in Mauritania, he was banned from entering because he does not have a visa and he was deported back to Morocco, where he was also prevented from entering, and thus transferred back to Turkey.
Fares’ family has appealed to anyone who has any contact or communication with people, organizations or the Palestinian embassy in Turkey or Ukraine, to help their son Fares find a solution to this suffering. The family is a resident of the Aedin refugee camp in Homs.
