TURKEY / SYRIAN REFUGEES

The number of Syrian refugees in Turkey has reached nearly 112,000 this week, according to the latest figures provided by the Turkish government. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:58
• Production Date: 8 November 2012
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: TURKEY
• MAMS Id: U121108d

Description

STORY: TURKEY / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 1.58
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 13-14 SEPTEMBER 2012, ISLAHIYE CAMP, TURKEY

Shotlist

1. Various shot, Islahiye Camp
2. Various shots, Um Mohammed and her children
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Mohammed, Syrian refugee:
“People started escaping and went to other neighboring villages to hide there.”
4. Wide shot, Um Mohammed feeding her baby
5. Close up, Um Mohammed feeding her baby
6. Various shots, Islahiye camp and refugees daily life
7. Med shot, refugee children in school
8. Med shot, doctor examining refugee baby
9. Wide shot, food distribution
10. Wide shot, refugee children in front of their tent
11. Various shots of tents with UNHCR logo
12. Wide shot, Islahiye Camp
13. Wide shot, Um Mohammed and her children
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Mohammed, Syrian refugee:
“No I never expected (to be in situation) because Syrians are famous for receiving refugees in our country for a long time.”
15. Various shots, Islahiye camp and refugees' daily life
16. Med shot, refugee children singing

Storyline

This is Islahiye Turkey, one of 14 camps for Syrian refugees in Turkey.

Um Mohammed and her four children came from Syria, after first fleeing from their village to Aleppo - only to fall prey to an attack there.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Mohammed, Syrian refugee:
“People started escaping and went to other neighboring villages to hide there.”

Um Mohammed was a teacher in Syria, and her husband a lawyer. She said they never expected so much violence in their own country.

Turkey has nearly 112 thousand Syrian refugees in camps like Islahiye. It rose from nothing; an empty space transformed in a matter of weeks and filled up in days.

It has schools and medical facilities.

There is also hot food distribution section by section, row by row. Eventually though, the refugees will be able to cook for themselves.

The Turkish government builds these camps and manages them. UNHCR helps by providing thousands of tents and other supplies.

The refugees say they appreciate the generosity of the Turks and their policy of not turning anyone back.

Still for Um Mohammed being a refugee is a shock.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Mohammed, Syrian refugee:
“No I never expected (to be in situation) because Syrians are famous for receiving refugees in our country for a long time.”

This camp is being expended to double its capacity. Other camps are being planned to handle the ongoing influx.

On November 6, 2012, Turkey’s government reported that the official total number of Syrians registered had increased to 111,890 persons including 723 who were undertaking medical treatment in the hospitals.

According to the official figures since the beginning of the crisis (April 2011) more than 157,000 Syrians arrived in Turkey and some more than 45,000 have returned to Syria voluntarily.

Reportedly, during the period of 5-6 November, 525 new arrivals were admitted to Turkey and 161 Syrians had returned to Syria voluntarily. Some of the camps' authorities informed UNHCR that they continued to receive spontaneous new arrivals.