Syria / Hungary: Further information on fear of refoulement / fear for safety

Index Number: MDE 24/015/1996
Date Published: 1 September 1996
Categories: Middle East And North Africa, Syria

Anthony Zakaria Laki and Samuel Lado Zakaria, Sudanese asylum-seekers: According to information obtained by Amnesty International, the two brothers named above, are to be refouled to Sudan by the Syrian authorities as early as 6 September 1996. Despite repeated requests, the Syrian authorities have refused to allow representatives of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Syria to visit them in detention.