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JORDAN / GRANDI THE BERM
STORY: JORDAN / GRANDI BERM
TRT: 2:34
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 24 OCTOBER 2016, AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
1. Various shots, Fatima playing with her baby surrounded by her other two daughters
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima (*Fatima and her family’s names have been changed at their request for protection reasons) Syrian refugee:
“I was pregnant. I felt really exhausted. I suffered a lot. I suffered from the dust, from the weather, it was very rainy. Our home was a tent.”
3. Wide shot, Fatima pouring tea with husband and kids
4. Close up, tea being poured
5. Various shots, Fatima playing with her baby
6. UPSOUND (Arabic) Fatima, Syrian refugee:
“The doctors helped me to come here and made things easier for me. And took care of me and my baby.”
7. Close up, Fatima’s daughter
8. UPSOUND (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“Oh, because this baby was born here? So, luckily it was here.”
9. Various shots, Azraq Camp
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees:
“We agreed with the government that the screening will be accelerated so that they can get out of the fenced area and get into the rest of the community. That was a good result.”
11. Various shots, Fatima walking around the camp
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima, Syrian refugee:
“I still have family and brothers on the Syrian side of the Berm. They are facing many difficulties. They don’t have water or food. We don’t have any contact with them.”
13. Various shots, Azraq Camp
Living in a secure area inside Azraq camp, recently arrived refugees wait to be screened by the Jordanian authorities to join the rest of the Azraq community. Fatima and her family fled Syria a year ago. The family then spent six months in a makeshift camp along the Jordanian border.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima, Syrian refugee:
“I was pregnant. I felt really exhausted. I suffered a lot. I suffered from the dust, from the weather, it was very rainy. Our home was a tent.”
Fatima was taken to the Azraq refugee camp’s hospital.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima, Syrian refugee:
“The doctors helped me to come here. And made things easier for me. And took care of me and my baby.”
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with refugees who had recently arrived from the Berm.
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations:
“Oh, because this baby was born here? So, luckily it was here.”
Fatima and her family now live in the camp’s secure area and are waiting to be screened by the Jordanian authorities.Over 6,000 people have been processed so far. But, thousands are waiting.
SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations:
“We agreed with the government that the screening will be accelerated so that they can get out of the fenced area and get into the rest of the community. That was a good result.”
For Fatima and her family, there is safety here. But she’s worried about those stranded in the Berm
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatima, Syrian refugee:
“I still have family and brothers on the Syrian side of the Berm. They are facing many difficulties. They don’t have water or food. We don’t have any contact with them.”
During his visit, Grandi also called for more help from the international community. He said that the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is discussing various options with the Jordanian government to provide humanitarian assistance to the people at the Berm.
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