Cooperation for Syrian refugees

Khalaf Al Habtoor, chairman of the Al Habtoor Group and Sándor Balogh, co-founder of the African-Hungarian Union (AHU) met in Budapest to discuss the conditions of a possible joint humanitarian aid action to Syrian refugees.

Due to the Syrian Civil War and the ruthlessness of the Islamic State, more than 4 million people have had to flee their home in the war-torn country. The refugees found shelter primarily in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. The African-Hungarian Union, together with the Asian-Hungarian Society, has already aided refugees accommodated in Turkey.

 

Khalaf Al Habtoor and Sándor Balogh among other things have discussed the possibilities of cooperation between the two organizations in supporting refugee camps in Lebanon. According to them, to support primary host countries in the region and the refugee camps located there are crucial issues. Those who have left Syria want to find refuge as close to their original home as possible. Their only reason for eventually leaving towards Europe is that the conditions in these primary host countries have become unbearable. By creating better, more viable living conditions in these countries the immigration pressure in Europe could be reduced.

Earlier this year Khalaf Al Habtoor and Sándor Balogh has opened together a new HTCC in Dubai. Sándor Balogh on that occasion emphasized that “Dubai might be the gate for Hungarian businessmen who are interested in doing business in the Eastern or the Southern markets.” At that time the chairman of the Al Habtoor Group said: “I support any initiative that brings Dubai and Hungary closer to each other.”