Published : 01-04-2018
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees stranded on the Greek islands, “Lesbos, Mytilene, Chios, Leros and Kos,” are living in a state of frustration and despair, as a result of the suffering they are facing on the humanitarian, living and social levels, accompanied by their complicated legal status, especially after the 18th of March 2016, amid the lack of any body representative of them or following up their affairs with the Greek authorities.
Unofficial statistics indicate that the number of Palestinian-Syrians in Greece are 400 refugees, waiting for their unknown fate, especially after the international organizations, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian factions, abandoned them, in addition to the lack of assistance provided by the Greek authorities to them and their inhumane treatment, in the shadow of the vague legal status of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees, which the Arab countries categorized as ‘without a homeland.’
On its part, Greece confirmed in its printed newsletters which it had previously distributed on the Greek islands, that “The Palestinian-Syrians are not included in the agreement because they are categorized as without a homeland.” This has not been applied yet, have ever no other action has been taken, making their status mysterious and confusing, especially that the Greek authorities have studied and issued the decisions of all the refugees from other nationalities.
The Palestinian families stranded on the Greek islands had appealed several times to the human rights organizations, the UNHCR and the Palestinian authorities and its embassies abroad, to move towards putting an end to their suffering and improving their miserable living conditions, as well as securing shelter centers for the refugees who sleep the night in summer tents, within the forests and grass, and lay on the ground. They also called on the European countries to accept their asylum requests, considering it their ‘legal’ human right, according to them.
Hundreds of Palestinian refugees stranded on the Greek islands, “Lesbos, Mytilene, Chios, Leros and Kos,” are living in a state of frustration and despair, as a result of the suffering they are facing on the humanitarian, living and social levels, accompanied by their complicated legal status, especially after the 18th of March 2016, amid the lack of any body representative of them or following up their affairs with the Greek authorities.
Unofficial statistics indicate that the number of Palestinian-Syrians in Greece are 400 refugees, waiting for their unknown fate, especially after the international organizations, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian factions, abandoned them, in addition to the lack of assistance provided by the Greek authorities to them and their inhumane treatment, in the shadow of the vague legal status of the Palestinian-Syrian refugees, which the Arab countries categorized as ‘without a homeland.’
On its part, Greece confirmed in its printed newsletters which it had previously distributed on the Greek islands, that “The Palestinian-Syrians are not included in the agreement because they are categorized as without a homeland.” This has not been applied yet, have ever no other action has been taken, making their status mysterious and confusing, especially that the Greek authorities have studied and issued the decisions of all the refugees from other nationalities.
The Palestinian families stranded on the Greek islands had appealed several times to the human rights organizations, the UNHCR and the Palestinian authorities and its embassies abroad, to move towards putting an end to their suffering and improving their miserable living conditions, as well as securing shelter centers for the refugees who sleep the night in summer tents, within the forests and grass, and lay on the ground. They also called on the European countries to accept their asylum requests, considering it their ‘legal’ human right, according to them.
