Published : 17-09-2018
The Lebanese authorities released the Palestinian girl Manar Abu Seyam, aged 14, after they detained her for days in AlGhbeiri detention center.
Over recent days, Abu Seyam’s detention stirred seething anger among the Palestinian refugee community.
The girl was arrested at a hospital, to which she had been admitted following a horrific traffic accident in Lebanon.
The Lebanese authorities claimed the girl entered Lebanon via illegal routes.
Palestinian refugees from Syria have been subjected to a precarious legal status in Lebanon, where they are often treated as foreigners rather than legitimate asylum-seekers.
Hundreds of Palestinians formerly sheltered in Syria have fled the war-torn country in the hunt for a safe shelter to take provisional refuge in.
The Lebanese authorities released the Palestinian girl Manar Abu Seyam, aged 14, after they detained her for days in AlGhbeiri detention center.
Over recent days, Abu Seyam’s detention stirred seething anger among the Palestinian refugee community.
The girl was arrested at a hospital, to which she had been admitted following a horrific traffic accident in Lebanon.
The Lebanese authorities claimed the girl entered Lebanon via illegal routes.
Palestinian refugees from Syria have been subjected to a precarious legal status in Lebanon, where they are often treated as foreigners rather than legitimate asylum-seekers.
Hundreds of Palestinians formerly sheltered in Syria have fled the war-torn country in the hunt for a safe shelter to take provisional refuge in.
