The Action Group for Palestinians of Syria launched an advocacy campaign for the migrant families to reconsider the laws regulating family unification.
The campaign comes after a spike in drowning accidents of Syrian and Palestinians fleeing Syria.
On December 24, at least 17 people, including 8 Palestinian displaced from Syrian camps, were drowned after a dinghy carrying them sank while it was crossing from Turkey to Greece, according to the Greek coastguard.
A statement of the campaign indicated that it aims to shed light on the asylum laws in the EU over the delay in the reunion files of hundreds of families, and the resulting dangers and horrors for asylum seekers, who are forced to take irregular migration routes.
The UK-based group called on journalists, activists and rights organizations to participate in the campaign.
72 Palestinian-Syrian refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean since the Syrian conflict erupted 11 years ago, AGPS says.
The Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria had urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to take steps that would preserve the reunion of refugee families by reviewing the laws regulating family unification that do not allow children over the age of 18 to join their families.
The Syrian conflict - which led to the loss of at least 500,000 lives and displaced more than 13,2 million people - began in 2011 after the Assad regime brutally cracked down on peaceful pro-democracy protests.
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