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IRAQ / SYRIAN REFUGEES
STORY: IRAQ / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 3.13
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: KURDISH / NATS
DATELINE: 17 AUGUST 2013, PESHKHABOUR BRIDGE, NORTHERN IRAQ
1. Pan right, from people on the ground to ambulance with patient
2. Med shot, ambulance going by
3. Various shots, refugees waling
4. Wide shot, refugees looking for shade under trees
5. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Biruz Rashid, Syrian refugee:
“We came from Qamishly. It took us three days to get here. We are escaping an impoverished life under fire and bullets that have affected thousands of innocent people. There are no jobs, no future for our children and that is one reason we came, to change our lives.”
6. Med shot, refugee woman walking with a baby
7. Wide shot, large group of refugees waiting
8. Wide shot, food being disturbed to a hungry crowd of refugees
9. Med shot, food being disturbed to a hungry crowd of refugees
10. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Reivan Farco, Syrian refugee:
“We had no choice but to leave. There is no work there. I thank the president for opening the border.”
11. Med shot, Reivan with her husband and children
12. Wide shot, large group of refugee
13. Wide shot, cars and refugees walking
14. Wide shot, ambulance arrival
15. Wide shot, refugees walking in the distance
16. Various shots, refugees putting their bags in to trucks
19. Med shot, woman dragging a bag to truck
20. Wide shot, transport trucks filled with people, hundreds waiting
21. Med shot, transport trucks and people
22. Wide shot, refugees in truck
23. Wide shot, transport truck moving
24. Med shot, another truck moves out
25. Med shot, truck driving away
26. Various shots, water distribution
Since last Thursday (15 August) thousands of Syrian refugees have streamed into Iraq.
UNHCR says it is witnessing a major exodus from Syria.
On Saturday (17 August), an estimated 10,000 Syrians streamed across the Peshkhabour Bridge over the Tigris River, north of the Sahela crossing.
Five thousand people, many who had been waiting at the border for two to three days, crossed a few days before.
This influx means that 21,000 Syrians has fled to the UNHCR Kurdistan region of northern Iraq in the last four days. Adding to the 150,000 refugees already in the country.
Many of the Syrian refugees said they were fleeing fighting between armed groups.
They also talked about the scarcity of food, water and electricity.
SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Biruz Rashid, Syrian refugee:
“We came from Qamishly. It took us three days to get here. We are escaping an impoverished life under fire and bullets that have affected thousands of innocent people. There are no jobs, no future for our children and that is one reason we came, to change our lives.”
The hardships were too much bare many said.
SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Reivan Farco, Syrian refugee:
“We had no choice but to leave. There is no work there. I thank the President for opening the border.”
A frantic distribution of food ensued very telling of the days of waiting the refugees had endured.
Soaring temperatures only made things more difficult. People sought refugee where ever they could find it.
During the course of the day, large transport trucks were brought in by the IOM (International Organization on Migration), the national and local government to take the refugees to shelter facilities.
People boarded the trucks with the few belongings they brought with them.
Northern Iraq has one camp, Domiz and a second one Darashakran under construction. It is expected to open at the end of August.
The influx is expected to continue.
Presently 1,916,387 Syrians have fled the war and registered as refugees or applied for registration.
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