Press Release: PRC visits Palestinian Refugees in Cyprus

Palestinian Return Center (PRC)

London: 5th August 2009

PRC visits Palestinian Refugees in Cyprus

As part of its continued work for the Palestinian Refugees in the Diaspora, Palestinian Return Center (PRC) visited in Cyprus, the Palestinian Refugees who recently fled their houses from Iraq to Cyprus.

PRC General Director, Majed al zeer, met around 70 members of the new refuge community in Cyprus, where he discussed with them the problems and hardships they face upon their arrival.

Al Zeer shared his sympathy and gave the entire support of the PRC in overcoming the countless problems they faced upon their arrival.

The refugees complained to PRC General Director, about the marginalization they face from their follow Palestinians in all aspects of their life.

"PRC is trying to help as much as possible all the Palestinian refugees across the world. We are to launch a legal unit in support of their cause which has been founded 61 years ago. This unit aims at solving their problems legally and address their concerns," Al zeer told them

Around 2000 Palestinians fled their houses in Iraq to Cyprus due to the violence against them, launched by Iraqi militias.

International organizations and other non-official sources estimate the number of Palestinian refugees in Iraq before the American occupation was around Twenty Six Thousand and now, only Fourteen Thousands remain in Iraq while the rest fled to other countries.

Some of them live in horrid desert camps between Jordan and Iraq (Camp album), as well as in the desert of Anbar, the Iraqi-Syrian border (Tanf camp from the Syrian side, and the nascent Iraqi side. They face lots of problems and carry many burdens from living under these conditions.

PRC earnestly calls and demands the Arabs to save the Palestinian refugees who fled their house. The PRC requests that they are to be received in Arab countries until they return to their homeland, Palestine.