Monitoring and documentation team in the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) confirmed the absence of information regarding 1147 Palestinian refugees 82 of them women who were arrested during the last six years by Syrian security apparatuses.
“It is possible that the numbers of Palestinians detained in Syria exceed the documented number due to the difficulty of documenting for many reasons such as not revealing the names of detainees by their families fearing persecution” according to a report published by AGPS on Sunday.
The Group’s statistics indicate that 458 refugees have died under torture in the Syrian regime prisons. This number was documented after the Group contacted their families or ex-detainees.
On another level displaced Palestinians from Khan al-Sheeh refugee camp who fled to the Syrian city of Idlib appealed to UNWRA to assume its responsibility toward them AGPS said adding that it had received many letters that describe their conditions as very difficult.
“Displaced Palestinians in Syria lack the most basic necessities of human life including finding homes to shelter them due to the expensive rents” according to the report.
The inhabitants of Idlib already suffer from deteriorating economic conditions in addition to severe shortages in the health sector and devastated infrastructure which had a negative impact on displaced Palestinians from Khan al-Sheeh refugee camp.
Around 2500 Palestinian refugees were forcibly displaced from Khan al-Sheeh to Idlib after a reconciliation agreement between the Syrian regime and the opposition in the area was signed.
Up to January 28 2017 the Group documented the death of 3424 Palestinians in war-torn Syria including 455 women while 1146 Palestinians were imprisoned by the Syrian regime 81 of them were women.
The Syrian military siege imposed on Yarmouk refugee camp meanwhile reached 1319 days during which 190 Palestinian refugees died due to inadequate nutrition and lack of medical care the AGPS concluded.
