Palestinian Refugees in Cyprus Appeal Putting an End to their Suffering.

The Palestinian and Syrian refugees in appealed all civic, religious, official, human rights, UN, UNHCR institutions to provide the residents of Burnara camp with their needs, and to find suitable solutions for their problem.  

This appeal came after the Cypriot authorities started to implement its ” last warning” to evacuate the camp on Friday afternoon, and indeed, the Cypriot civil defense started to evacuate the refugees’  camp, and to end all services in the camp. Meanwhile, committees ware formed, within the camp, in cooperation with the Palestinian community in Cyprus, to organize the camp after closing it by the government.

Mr. Khalid Murtaja, member of the Palestinian community administrative board in Cyprus, sent a message to the Palestinian embassy in Cyprus,  and stressed the need to deliver it  to the Palestinian Authority officials, as he called for “the Palestinian Authority to bear its moral and national responsibilities to the 300Palestinian refugees in Cyprus.

Mr. Murtaja also accused the Palestinian embassy of putting obstacles in front of granting Palestinian passports for the refugees, and that it does not meet the minimum needs of the Palestinian people. Mr. Murtaja finished his message with this words,” Shame on you, people are cold and confused, they are grieving, I do not demand you to take them out of Cyprus, as they seek, for I know that it is illegal demand, but I demand you to rent a shelter for them.”