Published : 09-08-2018
Several Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon have been outraged by statements released by the Palestine embassy, popular committees, and the Palestine Ambassador in Lebanon Ashraf Dabour in which they called for preparing lists of refugees who seek to return to Syria.
A decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) President to shell out a cash allowance of $1,000 to ease the refugees’ return to Syria has also sparked widespread condemnation among the refugees.
Activists raised concerns over the motives lying behind such moves, saying the refugees are forced to return to Syria at a time when refugee camps have sustained massive destruction in the raging warfare.
Scores of refugees lashed out at the PA, whom they said rather seeks to score politicized goals at the expense of the refugees’ safety. They called on the PA to rather allot money for the reconstruction of Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and ensure civilians’ safe access to their shelters.
Others dubbed the move a step in the right direction, saying it rather seeks to tone down the crises wrought on the displaced Palestinians in Lebanon by easing their safe return to Syria.
Author Ramez Mustafa said in a recent article that such measures should not be put into effect before all Palestinian factions in Lebanon combine forces and cooperate with the Lebanese and Syrian authorities to that end.
Several Palestinian refugees from Syria in Lebanon have been outraged by statements released by the Palestine embassy, popular committees, and the Palestine Ambassador in Lebanon Ashraf Dabour in which they called for preparing lists of refugees who seek to return to Syria.
A decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) President to shell out a cash allowance of $1,000 to ease the refugees’ return to Syria has also sparked widespread condemnation among the refugees.
Activists raised concerns over the motives lying behind such moves, saying the refugees are forced to return to Syria at a time when refugee camps have sustained massive destruction in the raging warfare.
Scores of refugees lashed out at the PA, whom they said rather seeks to score politicized goals at the expense of the refugees’ safety. They called on the PA to rather allot money for the reconstruction of Palestinian refugee camps in Syria and ensure civilians’ safe access to their shelters.
Others dubbed the move a step in the right direction, saying it rather seeks to tone down the crises wrought on the displaced Palestinians in Lebanon by easing their safe return to Syria.
Author Ramez Mustafa said in a recent article that such measures should not be put into effect before all Palestinian factions in Lebanon combine forces and cooperate with the Lebanese and Syrian authorities to that end.
