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LEBANON / REFUGEES GRANDI VISIT
STORY: LEBANON / GRANDI
TRT: 02:29
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 20 JANUARY 2015, BEIRUT, LEBANON
1.Wide shot, reception centre in Beirut
2.Med shot, many refugees waiting
3.Med shot, family at the wicket
4.Close up, UNHCR person assisting family
5.Med shot, Grandi being shown facility by UNHCR staff
6.Med shot, back shot Grandi
7.Med shot, people waiting in reception
8.SOUNDUP
“An average 150 persons are coming to the centre every day for social consulting.”
(High Commissioner): “In this centre.”
9.Various shots, families inside Jhan shelter
10.SOUNDUP (High Commissioner):”And how long have you lived here?”
11.Med shot, Mohammed, father of family
12.Med shot, wife picking up daughter
13.Close up, baby sleeping
14.Med shot, Grandi with Ramadan family
15.Close up, father
16.Close up, mother and son
17.SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commission for Refugees, United Nations:
“Don’t go through these boats. This is very bad for the boy. He can die. “
18.Close up, boy
19.SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commission for Refugees, United Nations:
“When you are in a place like this you are a loss on what to tell people. Look at how they live. This is really very sad and very tragic. And I had a conversation because I asked them what they needed and we discussed it and UNHCR will work, is working on some of their needs.”
20.Wide shot, teacher in class
21.Various shots, children in class
22.Various shots, young children in class
23.Med shot, Grandi counting with a little boy
24.Wide shot, teacher in the class
25.Wide shot, students in class
26.Close up, two young girls reading
27.Med shot, kids waving goodbye
This is part of the refugee routine in Lebanon, coming to re-register every six months.
If their status lapses, they are no longer eligible for refugee benefits.
SOUNDUP
“An average 150 persons are coming to the centre every day for social consulting.”
(High Commissioner): “In this centre.”
High Commisisoner Filippo Grandi was in Beirut to see how Syrian refugees along with the country itself, are coping. Lebanon has population of four million – they have hosted more than one million Syrian refugees over the past several years.
The Jnah collective shelter shows the hardship of refugee life.
Ten families - 50 people - each family in one room and with one toilet. Families pay (USD) $100 dollars a month for a room.
SOUNDUP (High Commissioner):”And how long have you lived here?”
Mohammed has been here for three years. He spoke to the high commissioner about the dangers of living here. A power outage, then a power surge led to a blanket catching fire on the heater. His baby daughter almost died from the smoke.
Grandi made a plea with this family that they send their sons to school and not work.
The father replied that he wanted to send his 17-year-old son by boat illegally across the Mediterranean to study in Germany.
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commission for Refugees, United Nations:
“Don’t go through these boats. This is very bad for the boy. He can die. “
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commission for Refugees, United Nations:
“When you are in a place like this you are a loss on what to tell people. Look at how they live. This is really very sad and very tragic. And I had a conversation because I asked them what they needed and we discussed it and UNHCR will work, is working on some of their needs.”
At the Ibtihaj Kadoura school the second afternoon shift is for Syrian pupils – 595 of them, a big jump from 400 last year.
SOUNDUP: Grandi counting with boy
In a country where refugees face a daily struggle, education is a growing modest success story for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, A year ago just 106,000 Syrian children were going to school. This year the number is 148,000, but that is still less than half of Syrian children living in Lebanon.
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