Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of “Hamas” Movement, Ismael Haneya phoned the representatives of the Palestinian Syrian refugees, who are trapped in a shelter in Cyprus after their appeals to the international humanitarian and Palestinian institutions, while Mr. Haneya promised to respond to their demands.
Mr. Hanieya’s office pointed out that he promised to hold contacts with the Turkish leadership to allow them to enter its territory, as well as communicate with human rights and relief organizations to care for their humanity situation. Mr. Haneya also thanked the Cypriot government for having rescued the Palestinians after their boat crash last September, and hosting them since then.
This comes after the decision of the Cypriot authorities to stop its services in the Burnara camp, which is housing 240 Palestinian refugees, and the closure of the camp in the face of the refugees in an attempt to force them to complete the asylum procedure, that was refused by refugees because of the fact that Cyprus is not a country of asylum, and only provides little services for the refugees .
Cypriot Navy had rescued 345 Palestinian and Syrian refugees in September 2014, stopping their journey to Italy, and then forced them to put the footprint, which deprived them from living with their families in the European countries of asylum by the Dublin European Law.