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"After the Siege Victims Toll Increased to 172, the SRA
Checkpoints Allow the Entry of some Urgent Aids to the Yarmouk
Camp"
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Warplanes Target the Vicinity of Khan Al Shieh Camp with a Number of
Explosive Barrels
The Palestinian and the Syrian Refugees Continue their Hunger Strike for 25
days in Egypt, Karmouz Prison
Distribution of some Food Aids to the Palestinian Refugees in Turkey, Kilis
City
A Call for a Solidarity Vigil for Ending the Yarmouk Siege at Frankfort
Germany,
Palestine Charity Committee Cleans the rubble of the Yarmouk Camp
Streets
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The SRA checkpoints allowed the entry of some urgent food aids to the
Yarmouk camp in Damascus after three months of preventing the entry of
relief, food, or medical urgent aid which resulted in the death of 172
victims. It is mentioned that the aid distribution was in a new place;
Palestine Street, while the camp is still besieged by the Syrian army and
the Palestinian groups for 607 days respectively, power cut for more than
687 days, and the water cut for 177 days respectively.
Distributing urgent food aids in Yarmouk camp
The Syrian warplanes targeted the adjacent farms of Khan AL Shieh
camp with a number of explosive barrels, resulting in a state of panic
among the residents as a result of the huge explosion sounds. This
shelling coincided with the hard living conditions due to the shortage of
medical services, the high cost of living, and the transportations difficulty
form and to the camp.
In Egypt, the Palestinian and the Syrian refugees who are detained in
Egypt, Alexandria, Karmouz Prison are still continuing their hunger
strike for 25 consecutive days which was started on Monday, 9th of last
February, until they achieve their demands of being released and to
urgently coordinate with the concerned bodies to receive them in the
European countries where they families are.
It is mentioned that the detainees are living in a difficult situation,
according to a detainee they were allowed, each 10 days, to go up to the
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roof of the building to have some fresh air as some of them were infected
with skin diseases due to the joint unhealthy bathrooms.
The Egyptian authorities had arrested "56" Palestinian refugees from
Syria while trying to reach Italy from the Turkish beaches 125 days ago,
as they were victim to a scam by smugglers who left them on one of the
islands off the Egyptian shores.
The detainees in Egypt
In Turkey, the Palestinians of Syria Committee in Turkey distributed
quantities of meat to the Palestinian refugees in the shelter center at Kilis
city in addition to somefamilies in the city. It is noteworthy that the
distribution was sponsored by the World Relief Organization and the
Association of Road life.
It is noteworthy that about 3000 to 5000 Palestinian refugees were fled
from the war in Syria and were distributed to a number of Turkish cities.
Turning to Austria, where about twenty Palestinians and Syria refugees
protested at the gates of Volkshillfe institution in the city of Brauno,
western Austria to protest against the delay of issuing their residency
procedures.
Protesters demanded to rapidly decide on their cases that are stalled at
"Court of Linz," where some of them had interviews in November last
year.
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During the sit-in they met the responsible for their cases who gave them
an offensive respond, prompting them to sit-in and refused salaries
assistance provided by Austria and refused to attend German language
classes.
For their part, officials from the Diakonie Foundation, supervising the
refugee housing, promised to go to Linz Court and find out the reasons
for the delayed response to the interviews, and not granting them
residencies.
The sit-in Austria
On the other hand, a group of young Syrians, Palestinian Syrians, and
Germans called for a protest vigil to end the Yarmouk siege and to enter
food and medical aid to the besieged people, under the slogan "If you
cannot do anything about a suffering, tell the whole world about it." The
protest vigil was in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday,
03/07/2015 at 11:30 at noon in front of the main entrance to the main
train station of Frankfurt (Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnoh).
Civil Work Committees
The services department of Palestine Charity Committee worked to clean
the rubble that resulted in the frequent shelling that targeted the camp
during the last months, in an attempt to alleviate the suffering of the
besieged camp residents for more than 607 days.
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Numbers and Statistics till 5/3/2015
 At least 27933 Palestinian Syrian refugees have reached Europe
during the last 4 years.
 2679 Palestinian victims were documented by the AGPS.
 The Yarmouk Camp: - Siege, imposed by the Regular Army and
PFGC, continued for 607 days respectively. In addition, power
cuts continued for more than 687 days, water was cut for 177 days
respectively. The number of victims due to the siege has reached to
172 victims.
 80,000 Palestinian Syrian refugees escaped from Syria to the
neighboring towns, including 10,687 refugees in Jordan, 51,300 in
Lebanon and 6,000 refugees in Egypt, according to UNRWA
statistics till February 2015.
 Al Husayneyya Camp: - Regular Army is still preventing the
residents of the camp to return back to their houses for 509 days
respectively.
 Al Sbeina Camp: - Regular Army is still preventing the residents of
the camp to return back to their houses for 479 days respectively.
 Handarat Camp: - Residents have left the camp for 680 days after
the Syrian Opposition Groups controlled it.
 Dara’a Camp: - It is now almost 324 days without water and 70%
of its buildings were demolished.
 Jermana, AL Saieda ZAinab, Al Raml, Al Aedein Camps in
Homs and Hamma: - A relatively quiet situation in light of the
economic crises.
 Khan Al Sheih Camp: - Roads linking the camp to the city center
are still closed except for Zakia- Khan Al Sheih road.
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