A Palestinian refugee family re-expatriated from Istanbul to the U.A.E after they were deported from Dubai airport last week has appealed for urgent humanitarian action.

One week earlier, the parents along with their two children were deported from Turkey to the U.A.E before they were returned back to Turkey.

The father Mohamed told the Action Group for Palestinians of Syria (AGPS) that he fled Syria with his family to Lebanon, before they reached the U.A.E. After his child’s heath condition deteriorated. The family returned to Lebanon through the Istanbul airport.

The father added that the family lost their identity documents at the Istanbul airport, where they had been stranded for five days and subjected to mistreatment and neglect. The father was beaten by a Turkish officer at the airport after he lifted banners calling for urgent humanitarian action. They had received only one meal a day and left sleeping on the ground.

Shortly after, the family appealed for humanitarian asylum in Turkey, but were deported to the U.A.E without identity documents. The Emirati authorities returned them back to Turkey. Once again, Turkey returned them to Dubai.

The family continues to appeal to the Turkish authorities, international humanitarian organizations and the Palestine embassy to work on granting them humanitarian asylum in a safe destination and to provide their children with life-saving healthcare services.