Dozens of refugees from Syria, who have been detained in an Egyptian police station, began a hunger strike on Friday in order to draw attention to their plight, the Jerusalem Post reports.
The United Nations refugee agency confirms that 52 refugees of Syrian and Palestinian origin have refused to receive food delivered by a UNHCR-funded charity to the police station where they are held in the coastal city of Alexandria.
There are 21 children and eight women among the detained refugees.
