This compares to some 16, in December, 13, in November and 10, in October. They are mainly families, female-headed households and older people. Refugees report generalized and targeted violence, property loss, lack of medical treatment with facilities closed, high price and low availability of food and fuel as combined reasons for their flight.
Many report that water and electricity are only available for intermittent periods in parts of southern Syria. UNHCR is working with the government of Jordan and partners to prepare a second major camp close to Za'atri, which will be known as Halabat camp.
Up to 5, people will be accommodated initially in the camp, with a plan to increase the capacity to 30, people," UNHCR's Fleming said.
UNHCR staff at Za'atri are working day and night to respond to the new arrivals and the growing needs of the refugees in the camp. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of tents are being delivered by truck to the warehouses in Za'atri. Nearly half are Iraqi. How many more times will we have to call on Member States and local authorities to bring their children home? They need protection, education, a real childhood.
Punishing children for the crimes of their parents cannot be justified. This includes about 5. Every year of the conflict has seen an exponential growth in refugees. In July , there were , refugees. One year later, there were 1. That tripled by the end of Today there are 5.
It's the worst exodus since the Rwandan genocide 27 years ago. More than 6. They live in informal settlements, crowded in with extended family or sheltering in damaged or abandoned buildings. Some people survived the horrors of multiple displacements, besiegement, hunger and disease and fled to areas where they thought they would be safe, only to find themselves caught up in the crossfire once again.
Around 6. More than 1. Nearly 3. The short answer: no. Most Syrian refugee families are struggling to settle in unfamiliar urban communities or have been forced into informal rural environments. They seek shelter in unfinished buildings, sometimes without proper kitchens or bathrooms, or stay in public buildings like schools or mosques. Others stay with relatives, sometimes even strangers, who welcome them in to their homes. Azraq, a camp opened in April , is carefully designed to provide a sense of community and security, with steel caravans instead of tents, a camp supermarket and organized "streets" and "villages.
But many families feel trapped, crowded and even farther from any sense of home, so they seek shelter in nearby towns. Iraq has set up a few camps to house the influx of refugees who arrived in , but the majority of families are living in urban areas.
And in Lebanon, the government has no official camps for refugees, so families establish makeshift camps or find shelter in derelict, abandoned buildings. In Turkey, the majority of refugees are trying to survive and find work, despite the language barrier, in urban communities.
Some Syrians know people in neighboring countries who they can stay with. But many host families were already struggling on meager incomes and do not have the room or finances to help as the crisis drags on. Refugees find shelter wherever they can. Our teams have seen families living in rooms with no heat or running water, in abandoned chicken coops and in storage sheds. Refugees often land in host countries without all their identification, which has either been destroyed or left behind.
Without the right documents in host countries, refugees can be evicted from housing, be unable to access medical care, education or most often, just be afraid to leave their homes. Without these documents, we see many refugees resort to negative coping strategies, including child labor, early marriage and engagement in unsafe work. The lack of clean water and sanitation in crowded, makeshift settlements is an urgent concern.
The youngest refugees face an uncertain future. Some schools have been able to divide the school day into two shifts and make room for more Syrian students. But there is simply not enough space for all the children, and many families cannot afford the transportation to get their kids to school.
Most have been out of school for months, if not years. More than 34, school buses would be needed to drive every young refugee to school. The youngest are confused and scared by their experiences, lacking the sense of safety and home they need. The older children are forced to grow up too fast , needing to find work and take care of their family in desperate circumstances. One demographic that is largely overlooked is adolescents. The consequence of forgetting the unique needs of this next generation will be steep: they risk becoming adults who are ill-equipped to mend torn social fabric and rebuild broken economies.
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