Friends of Humanity International has called on the Egyptian authorities; on Sunday, 1st of February, the immediate release of sixty Palestinian Syrian refugees, who are detained in Karmouz police station in Alexandria for 93 days, since the 1st of November 2014.
The refugees were arrested while they were on an island at Alexandria, Egypt, as they were victims of a scam, and instead of reaching European shores they were detained in the Egyptian prison.
According to the Friends of Humanity International, the detainees included about 20 women, and 12 children, including infants, where the refugees were divided into men and women and distributed into three groups placed in custody in tight rooms under the lack of decent health conditions.
The organization has expressed concern about the possibility of deporting the refugees by the Egyptian authorities, after they were told that there is no choice for them but deportation to Syria or remain in prison, according to a detained refugees, deportation to Syria poses a significant risk to their lives, especially that there is a group of young people wanted to military service in the Syrian army.
“Friends of Humanity” expressed, in a statement that the AGPS received a copy of it, its confidence in the will of the Egyptian people, and their strong desire to release the Syrian and Palestinian detainees, and that they will be treated well.
“Friends of Humanity” also demanded the release of the sixty Palestinian refugee detainees in Karmouz prison, the understanding of their humanitarian needs, as well as to stop of the unjust prosecutions and arrests campaign, to provide the necessary protection to them, to stop the forced deportation to Syria, urgent action to stop the abuse of the refugee rights in the Egyptian detention centers, and finally to commit with all provisions of the International Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.