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LEBANON / SYRIAN REFUGEES GERMANY
STORY: LEBANON / SYRIAN REFUGEES GERMANY
TRT: 2.09
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 10, 11 SEPTEMBER 2013, BEIRUT, LEBANON
1. Wide shot, Ahmad’s mother packing
2. Wide shot, Ahmad packing
3. Med shot, Ahmad’s daughter being dressed
4. Med shot, Ahmad’s brother and mother hug, crying
5. Med shot, Ahmad cries
6. Med shot, Ahmad’s sister crying
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“What is most important to me is that my son is cared for. He needs constant supervision, the parts for his hearing aid are also very expensive.”
8. Close up, Ahmad’s son Abdu
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“I feel happiness for my children, but I hope there is a way that my family can be re-united in Germany.”
10. Med shot, Ahmad’s family waiting outside IOM office
11. Med shot, Syrian refugee woman sitting
12. Wide shot, IOM employees talk to families
13. Med shot, refugee girl standing
14. Close up, luggage with IOM sticker
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Sleiman, UNHCR Lebanon:
“Over a hundred people are now getting ready to go to Germany, this is the first European country to welcome Syrian refugees from the region, from Lebanon specifically, we welcome this initiative because it offers people better living conditions outside and we hope more countries will take this initiative to help Syrians in Lebanon.”
16. Med shot, Ahmad and his family waiting
17. Close up, Ahmad
18. Med shot, Ahmad’s children
19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“I feel very sad to leave my family behind but I am happy for my kids because we are going to a country where there is security. We can build a new life there.”
20. Wide shot, bus leaving
21. Wide shot, Ahmad’s family in the bus
22. Close up, Ahmad’s mother
23. Close up, Ahmad and his daughter laughing
War begets flight, creating exile and displacement.
Today Ahmad and his family are packing their bags for the third time since the conflict in Syria began. It’s a moment heavy with sadness for he will leave his father, brothers and sisters behind.
But Ahmad’s 4 year old son Abdu needs medical attention.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“What is most important to me is that my son is cared for. He needs constant supervision, the parts for his hearing aid are also very expensive.”
Ahmad and his family are one of the 107 vulnerable Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon today under a temporary Humanitarian Admissions Programme.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“I feel happiness for my children, but I hope there is a way that my family can be re-united in Germany.”
Coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in conjunction with UNHCR, it’s the biggest relocation programme for the Syria crisis so far.
SOUNDBITE (English) Dana Sleiman, UNHCR Lebanon:
“Over a hundred people are now getting ready to go to Germany, this is the first European country to welcome Syrian refugees from the region, from Lebanon specifically, we welcome this initiative because it offers people better living conditions outside and we hope more countries will take this initiative to help Syrians in Lebanon.”
Once settled in Germany, Ahmad and his family will have full access to medical, education and social services. Ahmad will also be able to work.
In spite of his sadness, it is an opportunity he welcomes.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ahmad Khawan, Syrian Refugee:
“I feel very sad to leave my family behind but I am happy for my kids because we are going to a country where there is security. We can build a new life there.”
Over two million Syrian refugees are now spread out across the Middle East, waiting in exile, hoping to return home. Yet amidst the despair, there are glimmers of hope.
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