Published : 17-08-2018
Secretary of the Palestinian Popular Committees in Lebanon Abu Iyad AlShaalan said 150 families (comprising 370 members), out of 400 families who fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon, have applied to return to Syria.
AlShaalan said that efforts have been underway to facilitate the families’ return to Syria before Eid AlAdhha (the Feast of Sacrifice) and that the Palestine Ambassador in Lebanon has been in touch with Palestine’s Ambassador in Syria to that end.
AlShaalan said the concerned families have been mostly displaced from such Syria-based refugee camps as AlSabina, AlHusainiya, and AlLatakia, where the security situation is relatively calm.
He added that families displaced from Yarmouk cannot return to the camp due to the massive destruction wrought on civilian homes and delays in the reconstruction process.
Nearly 31,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria seeking shelter in Lebanon have been subjected to a precarious legal status as the Lebanese authorities continue to rebuff their appeals for visa renewal under the pretext that no official instructions have been given to that end.
Secretary of the Palestinian Popular Committees in Lebanon Abu Iyad AlShaalan said 150 families (comprising 370 members), out of 400 families who fled war-torn Syria to Lebanon, have applied to return to Syria.
AlShaalan said that efforts have been underway to facilitate the families’ return to Syria before Eid AlAdhha (the Feast of Sacrifice) and that the Palestine Ambassador in Lebanon has been in touch with Palestine’s Ambassador in Syria to that end.
AlShaalan said the concerned families have been mostly displaced from such Syria-based refugee camps as AlSabina, AlHusainiya, and AlLatakia, where the security situation is relatively calm.
He added that families displaced from Yarmouk cannot return to the camp due to the massive destruction wrought on civilian homes and delays in the reconstruction process.
Nearly 31,000 Palestinian refugees from Syria seeking shelter in Lebanon have been subjected to a precarious legal status as the Lebanese authorities continue to rebuff their appeals for visa renewal under the pretext that no official instructions have been given to that end.
