Syrian bodies to arrive in Syria from Algeria within 48 hours
KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – A source, following up on the issue of the Syrians drowned off Algeria coast, revealed on Sunday bodies of the Syrian migrants will arrive in their birthplaces within two days after a month being drowned off Oran shore.
Doctor Muhammad Aref Ali, a member of a committee to retrieve the bodies, said measures will come to an end on Tuesday in preparation for transferring the bodies to their families on Wednesday. “In case no emergency takes place,” he added.
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES ) formed a committee to retrieve the bodies of migrants drowned off the Algerian coast, meeting appeals made by their families.
Ali added the committee cooperates with the Foreign Relations Department of the AANES on one hand, and with figures engaged in legal procedures to deliver the bodies in Algeria on the other.
According to the Syrian doctor the bodies will arrive at the Beirut International Airport on Tuesday to be handed over then to Syrian authorities on the border with Lebanon.
Ali noted the committee has almost finished all necessary legal measures in the Syrian Embassy in Algeria and follows up on procedures in Lebanon’s embassy in Algeria and coordinates with the Lebanese Red Cross to receive bodies in Lebanon and deliver them to Syria.
During the current month, 18 Syrians lost their lives nearby coastal city of Oran in Algeria, risking their lives through the sea to reach Europe.
Ali said out of 12 bodies to arrive in Syria, 10 are from Kobani, one from Manbij and another from Latakia.
Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) Commander in Chief, Mazloum Abdi appealed on October 20 to Syrians, who hail from areas in northeastern Syria, stranded in Algeria to return to their homeland.
Abdi also stressed the AANES readiness to provide all needed facilitations for their “safe and dignified return.”
Hundreds of Syrians are still stranded in Algeria, willing to return to their cities, but many obstacles, the most notable of which is the illegal entry, foil attempts to get them back.
Migration from Syria is increasing in general, fleeing deteriorating living conditions and dire security measures in a country ravaged by warring parties.