(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Egyptian Authorities have detained 236 Syrian citizens and Palestinian refugees in Alexandria Governorate, including four families fleeing Syria's conflict since a month and a half month, preparing to deport them to Syria or to Lebanon, Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said.
The Palestinian and Syrian detainees appealed the international community to end their plight especially that they were detained by Egyptian authorities since 45 days while they were trying to reach Europe on 17 September.
One of the detainees, held in Abu Qir Egyptian prison, has managed to contact the Action Group and informed them of the Egyptian intention to deport them to Syria or to Lebanon.
The Egyptian authorities have confiscated the detainees' papers as a prelude to deporting them, he added, pointing out to their inhuman and difficult detention conditions.
He called on Egyptian Authorities to give them refuge on Egyptian territories especially that they are no longer able to live in such detention conditions.
Three Palestinian families and one Syrian family were among the detainees in addition to 16 young men who were arrested while attempting to cross to Europe, the detainee clarified.
The detainees suffer very harsh conditions, where they cannot stay in Egypt after losing their money and papers and they cannot return to Syria due to the ongoing conflict.
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