Published : 26-02-2022
Palestinian refugee youths continue to struggle with the devastating impact of the ten-year warfare in Syria, amid reports of increasing school dropouts in displacement camps.
Teaching staff at Mahmoud Abu AHasan School in AlNeirab Camp said students are no longer disciplined and do not regularly attend classes.
An AGPS reporter said the school also suffers staff shortage.
Palestinian refugee youths (aged 12 – 30) make up nearly 30% of the Palestinians of Syria, estimated at 540,000 in 2014.
The war has resulted in increasing rates of juvenile delinquency, unemployment, and psychological disorders.
Reports of drug consumption and trafficking have also increasingly emerged in displacement camps set up for Palestinian refugees in Syria
Daily scenes of destruction and bloodshed in Syria forced dozens of helpless civilians, among them children, to consume drugs and sniff glue, among other life-threatening substances, as a means to get over the trauma inflicted by the unabated warfare. Drug use, which starts as a way to escape, quickly makes their life worse.
Drug distribution is often carried out by children aged below 18 and members of cash-strapped and vulnerable families who are exploited by illicit drug trafficking networks which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
Palestinian refugee youths continue to struggle with the devastating impact of the ten-year warfare in Syria, amid reports of increasing school dropouts in displacement camps.
Teaching staff at Mahmoud Abu AHasan School in AlNeirab Camp said students are no longer disciplined and do not regularly attend classes.
An AGPS reporter said the school also suffers staff shortage.
Palestinian refugee youths (aged 12 – 30) make up nearly 30% of the Palestinians of Syria, estimated at 540,000 in 2014.
The war has resulted in increasing rates of juvenile delinquency, unemployment, and psychological disorders.
Reports of drug consumption and trafficking have also increasingly emerged in displacement camps set up for Palestinian refugees in Syria
Daily scenes of destruction and bloodshed in Syria forced dozens of helpless civilians, among them children, to consume drugs and sniff glue, among other life-threatening substances, as a means to get over the trauma inflicted by the unabated warfare. Drug use, which starts as a way to escape, quickly makes their life worse.
Drug distribution is often carried out by children aged below 18 and members of cash-strapped and vulnerable families who are exploited by illicit drug trafficking networks which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
