The suffering of the displaced in the camps in northern Syria has worsened into a real humanitarian disaster due to snow and rain
08.04.2022
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“The suffering of the displaced in the camps in northern Syria is exacerbated in the winter season with the intensification of its cold, the high rate of rain, and the onset of snow. … The winter season deepens the suffering of camp residents, as the recent rains in northern Idlib caused the displacement of hundreds of families, most of them women and children, after their tents fell and the water spoiled their belongings.”
“The displaced are in an unenviable condition, and they live in cloth and nylon tents supported by wood, which lack the most basic necessities of living.” The wind uproots the tents from their foundations,
the accumulation of snow destroys them, and the water seeps into them easily.
5 children died in the camps due to the cold and lack of medical assistance.
We feel sorry and sad for these 2.8 million displaced people in this region. Most of them live in tented camps that do not withstand the snow. Heavy rains fall in other areas that record shallow temperatures, and these people deserve to have “better shelters.”
Their low standards of living below the poverty line and their loss of societal, food, and legal security, without any consideration of refugee status, clearly violate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international conventions and covenants.
We in the Shield Organization appeal to all the international community, humanitarian organizations, and international bodies to make efforts and move quickly to save what can be saved and to provide aid and relief and medical aid that the size of the crisis is enormous and help us get these people out of the tents to a temporary shelter that is safer and more dignified… It is a truly tragic situation. We are dealing with him at the moment.”
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