Published : 11-02-2018
The Ukrainian authorities have deported Palestinian “Fares Hashem Salayma” to an unknown destination, after being detained in Boryspil International Airport in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for 12 days, under difficult humanitarian conditions.
Salayma’s family said that they lost contact with their son in the morning. Three members of the Ukrainian security transported Salayma and forced him to get on a plane, without telling him its destination.
Salayma’s family accused the Palestinian embassy in Ukraine of complicity with the Ukrainian authorities, since their son’s final call was to the Palestinian Consul, Dawood Jolood. The embassy told Fares that he will be deported to Sri Lanka and that his deadline is Saturday, however Fares refused this suggestion, stressing that he is trying to obtain a visa entry in to an Arab country, but the process requires some time.
The Ukrainian authorities told Salayma that the embassy had booked for him keeping the destination unknown, noting that his Palestinian-Syrian travel document had been withdrawn and that he had a Palestinian passport.
The family held the Palestinian embassy accountable for any harm that affects their son, especially with the previous proposal of deporting him to Syria, and the family refused to do so.
On its part, the Action Group tried to contact Fares, however communications with him have been cut since 10 am, assuring that it was in touch with Fares since his deportation to Turkey.
Fares had tried to leave Ukraine irregularly because the majority of countries refused to receive him and he was unable to leave Ukraine. He was detained and subjected to several courts that either sentenced him to imprisonment or a fine of 600 euros with deportation, granting him a one-month period to leave.
He could not find any country to receive him, so he booked a flight to Mauritania, which has a passage in Morocco and Turkey. Upon his arrival in Mauritania, he was unwelcomed for not owning a visa and was returned to Morocco, where he was also refused and deported back to Turkey.
This is not the first time that Palestinian refugees have been detained in Turkey. Palestinian Bassel Azzam was detained in Ataturk Airport for more than four months, under the pretext that he failed to obtain the visa imposed by the Turkish government on Palestinian-Syrian refugees, including those who fled the war. Turkey then deported him to the areas controlled by the opposition in north Syria, where he died during a bombardment of the area.
The Ukrainian authorities have deported Palestinian “Fares Hashem Salayma” to an unknown destination, after being detained in Boryspil International Airport in the Ukrainian capital Kiev for 12 days, under difficult humanitarian conditions.
Salayma’s family said that they lost contact with their son in the morning. Three members of the Ukrainian security transported Salayma and forced him to get on a plane, without telling him its destination.
Salayma’s family accused the Palestinian embassy in Ukraine of complicity with the Ukrainian authorities, since their son’s final call was to the Palestinian Consul, Dawood Jolood. The embassy told Fares that he will be deported to Sri Lanka and that his deadline is Saturday, however Fares refused this suggestion, stressing that he is trying to obtain a visa entry in to an Arab country, but the process requires some time.
The Ukrainian authorities told Salayma that the embassy had booked for him keeping the destination unknown, noting that his Palestinian-Syrian travel document had been withdrawn and that he had a Palestinian passport.
The family held the Palestinian embassy accountable for any harm that affects their son, especially with the previous proposal of deporting him to Syria, and the family refused to do so.
On its part, the Action Group tried to contact Fares, however communications with him have been cut since 10 am, assuring that it was in touch with Fares since his deportation to Turkey.
Fares had tried to leave Ukraine irregularly because the majority of countries refused to receive him and he was unable to leave Ukraine. He was detained and subjected to several courts that either sentenced him to imprisonment or a fine of 600 euros with deportation, granting him a one-month period to leave.
He could not find any country to receive him, so he booked a flight to Mauritania, which has a passage in Morocco and Turkey. Upon his arrival in Mauritania, he was unwelcomed for not owning a visa and was returned to Morocco, where he was also refused and deported back to Turkey.
This is not the first time that Palestinian refugees have been detained in Turkey. Palestinian Bassel Azzam was detained in Ataturk Airport for more than four months, under the pretext that he failed to obtain the visa imposed by the Turkish government on Palestinian-Syrian refugees, including those who fled the war. Turkey then deported him to the areas controlled by the opposition in north Syria, where he died during a bombardment of the area.
