The United Nation Syria Commission chair Paulo Pinheiro has said that Syrian and Ukrainian refugees should receive the same treatment.
"There is an openness and generosity vis-a-vis the Ukraine that I don’t criticise at all. They deserved it. But I would very much like that the same treatment should be applied to the Syrian refugees," Pinheiro said in an interview with Euronews.
Last month, The UN agency reduced food and other aid to Syria due to funding constraints and skyrocketing food prices, which have been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.
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Around 14,500 Ukrainians have filed for applications as of last week to come to the United States under a humanitarian parole programme that allows Ukrainians to stay with American sponsors.
The EU (European Union) has activated the Temporary Protection Directive under which Ukrainian refugees are granted a temporary residence permit in the EU, as well as access to healthcare and the right to work and study for up to three years.
Yet this directive was not activated for refugees from other countries including Syria or Afghanistan despite the war and pull out of Western forces which left thousands in need of a safe place to live.
