7,500 Palestinian refugees lead a "primitive life" in northern Syria

7,500 Palestinian refugees lead a "primitive life" in northern Syria

According to data published by the Civil Documentation Center for Palestinian Refugees in the Syrian North, the number of Palestinian refugees in the Syrian north is approximately 7500, who were displaced from the camps of Daraa, Homs, Aleppo and Yarmouk.

The director of the center, Abu Muhannad, said that the Palestinian families are distributed as follows: 1400- 1500 families in the Syrian north: 150 in the city of Azaz, 400 in Idlib, 120 in al-Bab, and about 300 in the village of Deir Ballut, in addition to 200 in the city of Afrin.

And Abizaid: Some international and Turkish associations supervise a number of refugee camps, such as the Deir Ballut and Muhammadiyah camps in the (olive branch), and are supervised by the Turkish Aid Organization and a number of other international organizations.

He explained: They are provided with water tanks, food emergency baskets, cooking tools, fabrics, clothing, and greenhouses for heating ... and others, while the "Turkish Crescent" association oversees the Bal-Friendship camp, which is located in the (Euphrates Shield) area.

The Civil Documentation Center for Palestinian Refugees in Northern Syria provides its services to the Palestinian refugees who live in the Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch areas, in terms of securing identification documents, obtaining registration, registration of marriage and other special contracts.

"Abu Muhannad" indicates that as a result of the intensification of the battles east of the city of Idlib between the regime forces and the opposition forces backed by Turkey, "most Palestinian families resort to displacement towards the city of Afrin."

He added: These areas are considered to be rural, which means a housing crisis, due to the lack of buildings and buildings that can accommodate the large numbers of refugees. "Indicating: Every house in Afrin hosts about 3 or 4 families.

However, while other families are building random camps or living in tents in light of the great temperature drop, this is without mentioning that there is no electricity and that lighting is provided by batteries or lamps, while unemployment reaches 85% among the Palestinian refugees. Stressing that life in the refugee camps in northern Syria is "primitive."

For his part, Palestinian refugee, Faris Ahmed, explained that he did not live in the Palestinian Nakba in 48, but that he had to live in the seasons of a second disaster;

He stated that he emigrated from the Yarmouk camp in May 2018 to the north of Syria, an emigration that knows very well that it will not be short, and that the security and safety that the Palestinian refugees knew in Syria will not return to what they were, "even soon until this moment."

He told "Quds Press", "All we wish for as Palestinian refugees in the Syrian north is to find a radical solution to our catastrophe. We demand the international community to transfer us to safe camps in Turkey, or to return us to our country, Palestine."

The human rights lawyer, "Abu Muhannad" explained that, "As for UNRWA, it does not have any presence on the northern Syrian lands, despite the presence of other international organizations, which enter from the Turkish side."

He continued: "We sent her several letters to the need to act and save the refugees and help them, but they did not respond to us."

Fights erupt between the Syrian regime forces and the opposition forces backed by Turkey, in the areas of eastern Idlib and the western countryside of Aleppo, using artillery and air strikes, as the shelling affects civilians in the areas.