Refugees in the camps suffer from a complete lack of services
ARK News... The head of the Kawergosik Council for Syrian Kurdish refugees, on Saturday, July 30, 2022, said that the Kurdish refugees residing in the camps of the Kurdistan Region suffer from a complete lack of services, especially after the withdrawal of organizations from the camp.
Khalil Malak, during his participation in the ARK Newsletter, said: The Kurdish refugees are living in a state of lack of services and for days the organizations have not removed the waste from the streets, which causes many infectious diseases.
He added: With the exception of the cleaning sector, the refugees suffer from continuous water cuts, stressing that they continue to communicate with the concerned authorities to be able to find a mechanism to solve the problems.
Under the slogan "For the sake of your children's future and for a stable life", the Supreme Council for the Management of Refugee Affairs in the Kurdistan Region's Camps called for a mass demonstration in front of the UN headquarters in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to demand the provision of services to refugees. In response to the call, hundreds of Kurdistan Region refugees staged a sit-in on the morning of July 24, 2022, in front of the United Nations headquarters in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, to demand resettlement and improvement of their conditions in the camps.
Sarhan Hassan, head of the Supreme Council for the Management of Refugee Affairs and a member of the Central Committee of the Kurdistan Democratic Party - Syria, said in previous statements to ARK: The Kurdistan Regional Government and charitable and humanitarian organizations provide services to the Kurdish refugees in the camps, and ten years ago, the beginning of the war in Syria received the fleeing Kurdish refugees from the furnace of war as well as displaced Iraqis.
Hassan continued: The United Nations organizations operating in the Kurdistan Region are completely negligent towards the refugees in terms of support for education, water, services, and other living and life services. The huge numbers of refugees and displaced persons constitute another burden on the government, so the United Nations organizations must fulfill their duty toward the refugees.
Hassan, who was present at the sit-in, confirmed that they had delivered a letter to the United Nations containing a list of requirements for Syrian Kurdistan refugees.
The sit-in refugees demanded their rights to resettlement, education, and finding water solutions, in addition to aid and services within the camps.
According to the latest statistics issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the Kurdistan Region, the number of refugees from the cities of Syrian Kurdistan has exceeded 260 thousand who live in the three governorates of Erbil, Sulaimaniyah, and Duhok, in addition to the camps located in the countryside of the cities.
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