I’m Jim Tedder.
Caring for Syrian Refugees
The United Nations says Iraq needs to identify more land on which to shelter the large number of Syrian refugees entering the country. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees says the problem is especially severe in the Kurdistan area of Iraq.
Agency spokesman Adrian Edwards says 800 to 900 refugees are arriving there every day. He says this is two times as many as just three months ago.
“The numbers are increasing so fast that capacity to accommodate is becoming a very real, very immediate problem. It is a problem around the region…but right now it’s acute in Iraq.”
Adrian Edwards says the situation is especially worrying at the Domiz camp in northwest Iraq. He says the camp holds about 35,000 Syrian refugees and is very overcrowded.
The Domiz camp is severely overcrowded and was only built to house about half of the people currently living there. (Phillip Wellman for VOA)
“The crowding is in turn having an impact on sanitation, which is already below standards. Congestion and warmer temperatures are increasing vulnerability to outbreaks of disease, and fueling tension between camp residents.”
Mr. Edwards says the UNHCR has been working with Iraq’s central government and officials in Kurdistan since October to find more space for Syrian refugees.
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