"He tells me he comes across many cases of discrimination. One refugee
needed an asthma inhaler, a common item that costs around $13. “Nobody
would give it to him,” Abdullah says, “No hospital or pharmacy, because
he was Palestinian Syrian. He died from an asthma attack.” "
Syria’s Palestinians Seek Refuge in Lebanon
Feb 11, 2013 |
| A Palestinian family who fled their home in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, look out through the window, at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Jan. 15, 2013. The Palestinian exodus from Syria has also revived decades-old debate over the Palestine refugees' 'right of return' to their homes that are now in Israel, adding to the complexity the conflict whose sectarian and ethnic overtones have spilled over into neighboring countries raising fears of a regional war. (Mohammed Zaatari/AP) |
This is the second time he has had to leave his home in Yarmouk and come to Lebanon to escape the Syrian conflict.
“Now we have two rights of return,” he says, smiling wryly. “One to Palestine and one to Syria.”
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