Published : 28-03-2015
After years of separation and suffering,the orphan child"Sondos" was finally allowed to meet her mother. "Sondos" was apart with her father by death and with her mother by borders, she lived a tragic story similarly as to hundreds of Palestinian Syrian refugees who are rejected by most countries to grant visas even if they escaped the death.
The story of "Sondos" started after the bombing forced her and her family to leave the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, heading to Jaramana camp in Damascus suburb searching for safety, and to escape from death.
However the tense situation in the camp forced the mother and her orphan daughter to leave Syria and head to Jordan. After a long journey was the sadsudden, where the Jordanian authorities refused to allow the child to enter Jordan because she holds Palestinian refugees travel papers, while they allow her mother to enter as she holds the Syrian nationality.
After dozens of failed attempts, the child "Sondos" returned disappointed to Syria, having lost her father as a two-year-daughter, here are the borders and laws deprive her of her mother, too.
The child "Sondos" reunited with her family
"Sondos" remained for about three years moving between her grandparents houses and after dozens of failed attempts by her mother and relatives for deliver her to Jordan, the mother decided to move to Turkey maybe it would be easier to meet her daughter, where the mother was not able to return to Syria Because of the war, and the hope of transferring her daughter to safety.
The mother and her daughter were shocked once again when the Turkish embassy in Beirut refused to grant the orphan child a visa. The mother contacted with the Palestinians Scholars Association which invited the orphan girl to visit Turkey. After a huge suffering, the girl and her grandfather tried to enter Lebanon, prepared all the required papers, and waited for about a month, her application was refused. The girl was not only shocked by the embassy refusal but also by the Lebanese authorities that issued a decision to prevent her grandfather from entering Lebanon for one year. The mother did not despair of its attempts toreunite with her daughter, where she repeated its attempts with the support of Palestine Scholars Association. The mother connected, through the association, with a mother of official Turkish institutions, including the Interior and Foreign Ministries of Turkey, "IHH"organization,and "Tashi Charity Association" and itschief "Kamal Ozatrk" who headed to Lebanon to follow up the visa issuance for the orphan child.
After receiving preliminary approval,the girl headedto Lebanon, where the first attempt failed to enter Lebanon because of an error by name, and after repeated attempt the girl managed to enter Lebanon. After several days in Lebanon she finally got the visa.
Friendship Association sent one of its members to Lebanon to accompany the orphanchild in her journey from Beirut to Istanbul, also "Gift of the Givers" charity organization South Africa beard all the costs of the child journey to Turkey.
The orphan girl "Sondous" arrived today at dawn to meet her mother who waited for her daughters on pins and needles, "Sondos" met her mother, but hundreds of Palestinian refugees are still waiting to be allowedby the neighboring countries to enter its territory, and to not leave them easy prey for bombardment, siege, and starvation.
After years of separation and suffering,the orphan child"Sondos" was finally allowed to meet her mother. "Sondos" was apart with her father by death and with her mother by borders, she lived a tragic story similarly as to hundreds of Palestinian Syrian refugees who are rejected by most countries to grant visas even if they escaped the death.
The story of "Sondos" started after the bombing forced her and her family to leave the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, heading to Jaramana camp in Damascus suburb searching for safety, and to escape from death.
However the tense situation in the camp forced the mother and her orphan daughter to leave Syria and head to Jordan. After a long journey was the sadsudden, where the Jordanian authorities refused to allow the child to enter Jordan because she holds Palestinian refugees travel papers, while they allow her mother to enter as she holds the Syrian nationality.
After dozens of failed attempts, the child "Sondos" returned disappointed to Syria, having lost her father as a two-year-daughter, here are the borders and laws deprive her of her mother, too.
The child "Sondos" reunited with her family
"Sondos" remained for about three years moving between her grandparents houses and after dozens of failed attempts by her mother and relatives for deliver her to Jordan, the mother decided to move to Turkey maybe it would be easier to meet her daughter, where the mother was not able to return to Syria Because of the war, and the hope of transferring her daughter to safety.
The mother and her daughter were shocked once again when the Turkish embassy in Beirut refused to grant the orphan child a visa. The mother contacted with the Palestinians Scholars Association which invited the orphan girl to visit Turkey. After a huge suffering, the girl and her grandfather tried to enter Lebanon, prepared all the required papers, and waited for about a month, her application was refused. The girl was not only shocked by the embassy refusal but also by the Lebanese authorities that issued a decision to prevent her grandfather from entering Lebanon for one year. The mother did not despair of its attempts toreunite with her daughter, where she repeated its attempts with the support of Palestine Scholars Association. The mother connected, through the association, with a mother of official Turkish institutions, including the Interior and Foreign Ministries of Turkey, "IHH"organization,and "Tashi Charity Association" and itschief "Kamal Ozatrk" who headed to Lebanon to follow up the visa issuance for the orphan child.
After receiving preliminary approval,the girl headedto Lebanon, where the first attempt failed to enter Lebanon because of an error by name, and after repeated attempt the girl managed to enter Lebanon. After several days in Lebanon she finally got the visa.
Friendship Association sent one of its members to Lebanon to accompany the orphanchild in her journey from Beirut to Istanbul, also "Gift of the Givers" charity organization South Africa beard all the costs of the child journey to Turkey.
The orphan girl "Sondous" arrived today at dawn to meet her mother who waited for her daughters on pins and needles, "Sondos" met her mother, but hundreds of Palestinian refugees are still waiting to be allowedby the neighboring countries to enter its territory, and to not leave them easy prey for bombardment, siege, and starvation.
