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Once welcomed, Syrians in Egypt now face hostility | Marketplace.org - 0 views

www.marketplace.org/...ans-egypt-now-face-hostility-0 egypt Syrians hostility
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  • "As soon as we came to Egypt,” he says, “the treatment was really good and we were happy and we didn't feel homesick. But after June 30, everything turned upside down."
  • Morsi was a strong supporter of the Syrian opposition. But, when he was deposed, there was a backlash against Syrians refugees in Egypt. Some of that backlash was political, but some was economic.
  • "We've got to see things cooling down and that hopefully the environment would change favorably in Egypt so that the Syrians would recover the open arms and support that they had enjoyed."
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  • "We left our country because of dignity -- to preserve our dignity, not to be offended. And even here! We came with our money, but we will find a country that respects us."
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Egypt: End deplorable detention and deportation of refugees from Syria | Amnesty Intern... - 0 views

www.amnesty.org/...tion-refugees-syria-2013-10-17 Detaining deportation syria refugees
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  • The Egyptian authorities must end their appalling policy of unlawfully detaining and forcibly returning hundreds of refugees who have fled the armed conflict in Syria, said Amnesty Internation
  • towards refugees from Syria.More and more refugees are risking their lives to make the treacherous journey by sea to Europe – often paying smugglers up to US $3,500 each to make the trip.
  • t effectively seal off borders to refugees fleeing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Syria sends an entirely wrong message. Egypt should b
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BBC News - Egypt 'illegally detaining Syrian refugees' - 0 views

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  • Syrian refugees in Egypt often face illegal detention or deportation, Amnesty International says
  • "The Egyptian authorities have a duty to provide protection to anyone who has fled the conflict in Syria and is seeking safe refuge in their country," Sherif Elsayed Ali, Amnesty International's head of refugee and migrants' rights
  • "Instead of offering vital help and support... the Egyptian authorities are arresting and deporting them."
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  • However, in July and August, following Mr Morsi's removal, their situation turned for the worse when some public figures and parts of the mainstream media started accusing Syrians of being supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and taking part in pro-Morsi demonstrations, Amnesty said.
  • "Sending refugees back to a bloody conflict zone is a serious violation of international law," Mr Ali said.
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Asia Times Online :: Syrians under siege in Egypt - 0 views

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  • en these complicated procedures, we understand that Syrians are not welcome in Egypt anymore."
  • Three weeks later, the new military government that took over imposed new, stricter rules for Syrian refugees trying to cross the border. They now needed a visa, as well as national security approval to be in Egypt.
  • "I wish I had been killed in Syria rather than lead this humiliating life in Egypt," says Amer Feras, who came to Cairo after he lost his wife and youngest daughter in the jet attack that Assad's forces launched this January on Homs city, 161 kilometers north of Damascus.
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  • The building's Egyptian owner, Tarek Marzouk, runs a dry cleaning business and has offered a free room for each helpless family coming in from Syria.
  • My girls can't join government schools and I don't have the money to put them in private schools," he says. "We lost our properties, home, dignity and our right to live as human beings or at least as war refugees."
  • "Now I'm begging in front of mosques in Egypt to support my family. I have to carry my passport to prove my identity, and sometimes I earn sympathy and assistance from the Egyptians," she adds.
  • Gad also thinks they were better off under Morsi. "Under the Muslim Brotherhood, we got better treatment, free education and healthcare," she says. "Even when Morsi decided to cut off relations with the Assad regime, we were getting proper and supportive governmental treatment.
  • "families and individuals started to think of illegal immigration to Europe, even if it meant drowning to death."
  • "The situation of Syrian refugees in Egypt has reached a critical stage since the revolution of June 30," says Abdel Karim Rehawi, head of the Syrian League for the Defense of Human Rights, referring to the Egyptian protests that led to the overthrow of Morsi.
  • the military regime has tightened screws on Syrians after individuals were accused of being in collusion with Islamist groups and working against the state.
  • "There is some aid from a few Egyptian families and volunteers, but no official support from the Egyptian state," he says.
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Thousands of Syrians flee Egypt for Italy: UNHCR - Daily News Egypt - 0 views

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  • 3,300 Syrians have arrived in Italy by boat over recent weeks, many fleeing troubled Egypt where they had first found a haven from war, the UN refugee agency said
  • “The majority have come from Egypt,” Edwards told reporters
  • UNHCR estimates that 4,600 Syrians have arrived by sea in Italy since 2013 began, a massive increase on last year’s total of 369.
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  • “In Egypt we have seen changes in the environment over the last month or so, including the tightened visa regulations, and that has resulted in some Syrians moving on elsewhere,” he added
  • “Almost 98 percent of the Syrian refugee population are in the surrounding region. Very small numbers have so far sought resettlement or moved elsewhere. That has to be remembered,” said Edwards.
  • Over two million people have fled Syria since the war broke out there in 2011, mostly to neighbouring Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.
  • There are around 80,000 registered Syrian refugees in Egypt, but informal estimates put the real figure at almost a quarter of a million, according to UNHCR.
  • Egypt’s new military-backed rulers have faced UNHCR criticism for slapping visa and security clearance rules on Syrians, making it harder for them to flee their homeland.
  • Morsi’s opponents claimed that anti-Assad refugees were involved in violent pro-Morsi protests
  • A vocal backer of Syria’s opposition, Morsi had cut diplomatic ties with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Egypt accused of unlawfully detaining Syrians - Middle East - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

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  • Amnesty International has accused Egypt of unlawfully detaining and deporting hundreds of Syrian refugees, many of them women and children fleeing civil war at home
  • face either deportation or ongoing detention in poor conditions.
  • In a statement, the foreign ministry said the content of Amnesty's report was "inaccurate and does not reflect the reality of [Syrians'] situation in  the country... they are treated in a dignified way."
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  • Egyptian authorities say the country has taken in more than 100,000 Syrian refugees, with some trying to leave for Europe aboard overcrowded ships.
  • Several lawyers said they were prevented from representing refugees detained in police stations along Egypt's Mediterranean coast, the group said.
  • during a visit to a police station in Alexandria, it found 40 Syrian refugees unlawfully and indefinitely detained there. Among them were 10 children, the youngest being one-year-old twins.
  • , refugees were collectively deported to Damascus. 446
  • media has often accused refugees of backing the Muslim Brotherhood and of being involved in the political violence that erupted in Egypt after the ouster of president Mohamed Morsi
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      mabdelraouf on 27 Oct 13
       
      Which side is more accountable and reliable?
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      mabdelraouf on 27 Oct 13
       
      Maybe this is why theyre being harsh?
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Syrian refugees no longer welcome in Egypt | Middle East | DW.DE | 19.10.2013 - 0 views

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  • An anti-Islamist atmosphere in Egypt has led to daily harassment, arbitrary detentions, deportation and even deaths.
  • A desperate trip: By boat, Alexandria is roughly 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from Italy In mid-September, when roughly 200 refugees attempted to flee conditions in Egypt by setting sail from the coastal city of Alexandria toward Italy, they didn't make it far. According to eyewitnesses quoted in Amnesty International's report, an Egyptian navy ship stopped the boat and fired upon it, killing two. The others on board were taken into custody.
  • police in Alexandria arrested 70 refugees in an Alexandria café
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  • their release was ordered by [Egypt's] prosecution
  • there have been two incidences that have been reported where two groups of up to 71 people [in total] have been forced to go back to Damascus
  • many Egyptians want the Syrian arrivals out of their country as well
  • Syrian refugees are considered default supporters of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the political party of former President Mohammed Morsi
  • "The environmental was favorable. It was welcoming," the UNHCR's Leposky said. "And also the cost of living in Egypt was considerably less than some of the other countries they had been residing in."
  • 'We cannot live here anymore'
  • "We're ready to live in any country where we can settle safely," she said. "We cannot live here anymore."
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