Families from Aleppo resort to selling their property with the intention of migrating outside the country

Some families in Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhoods began selling their properties with the intention of emigrating outside Syria, in conjunction with the continued deterioration of living conditions and the continued collapse of the Syrian currency.

Mamdouh Habash, a resident of the Ashrafiyeh neighborhood, told the correspondent of ASO News Network that he sent his family to Lebanon, about a month and a half ago, and that he will join them as soon as he sells his house, which he owns in the neighborhood. “We will submit asylum papers to the United Nations in Lebanon with the intention of Emigration to Europe,” explaining the reason for not emigrating earlier, is his hope for an improvement in the situation in the country.

Habash continues, “It seems that the coming days will be more difficult than they are today, so I preferred to travel with my family and not stay in the country.”

While “Abdo Jumaa”, from the same neighborhood, is waiting for the smuggler’s response, who will help him reach the Syrian-Turkish border with his family, Abdo says, “Traveling with my family of 3 people will cost me about $20,000, which I will pay to the smuggler in two installments.”

Abdo says that he sold two houses that he owned in Ashrafiyeh, in order to secure the amount required for emigration, in addition to borrowing the rest of the amount from one of his relatives.

Abdo hopes to arrive with his family members, to Germany or Italy, as conditions are no longer good. “The idea of ​​staying in Ashrafiyeh neighborhood is suicide or a slow death.”

Meanwhile, “Mustafa Shabo,” a resident of Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, is waiting for one of his brothers to transfer the financial costs of emigration, so that he can travel to Europe, noting that the constant talk of young people in their meetings is to travel outside Syria as a result of the poor economic conditions and the lack of job opportunities.

The neighborhoods of Ashrafiyeh and Sheikh Maqsoud are witnessing an increase in cases of migration outside Syria, as families sell their properties to cover travel costs, with the continuing poor economic conditions, the lack of job opportunities and the continued collapse of the Syrian pound.