At least 50 Palestinian refugees from Syria drowned at sea as they embarked on a journey fraught with danger to Europe a Thursday report by the Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) found out.
AGPS kept record of the death of 50 Palestinians onboard the “death boats” to Europe fleeing war-tattered Syria.
According to AGPS most of the casualties were women children and elderly refugees.
A number of casualties died off the Libyan seashore on way to Italy while others sunk in Marmara waters as they tried to disembark in Greece.
The death-journey is often preceded by another life-threatening trip to such points of departure as Turkey Libya and Egypt before setting sail to the new asylum destination.
Over 80000 Palestinian refugees from Syria reached Europe since the outburst of deadly hostilities in that Arab country.
