IRAQ / BAN KAWRGOSIK REFUGEE CAMP

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon along with UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres and Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, visited Kawrgosik refugee camp near Erbil in Northern Iraq, where they talked to refugee families and saw the facilities. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:03
• Production Date: 14 January 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR; OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: IRAQ
• MAMS Id: U140114a

Description

STORY: IRAQ / BAN KAWRGOSIK REFUGEE CAMP
TRT: 2:03
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 14 JANUARY 2014, KAWRGOSIK REFUGEE CAMP, IRAQ

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, Kawrgosik refugee camp
2. Wide shot, Motorcade of UN delegation arriving
3. Med shot, Women refugees cheering at the arrival of delegation
4. Med shot, UN Secretary-General Ban KI-moon waving to the crowd
5. Various shots, Ban and UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres talking to refugees inside tent.
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“Come here, come here… So, does she go to school? Not yet. Today I am going to Kuwait and tomorrow I will convene a pledging conference for Syrian refugees”
7. Various shots, Refugees waiting outside
8. Wide shot, Secretary-General waling
9. Various shots, Refugees looking at Ban Ki-moon
10. Wide shot, Ban Ki-moon arriving to attend press conference
18. Wide shot, press conference
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General:
“I sincerely hope that with the solidarity of the international community and strong support for Syrian lead peace process, these refugees will be able to return to their homes with a hope and dignity”
12. Various shots, journalists
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“It breaks my heart to see Syrian refugees dying perishing by drowning in the Mediterranean, because they have to risk their lives or to put themselves in the hands of smugglers and traffickers to be able to try reach safety in countries where they hope to find asylum”
14. Wide shot, presser
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“But financial assistance is not enough, burden sharing is also necessary”
16. Med shot, Ban Ki-moon and delegation leaving camp

Storyline

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon along with UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres and Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, Valerie Amos, visited today (14 Jan) Kawrgosik refugee camp near Erbil in Northern Iraq, where they talked to refugee families and saw the facilities.

Kawrgosik is home to 13,000 Syrian refugees who arrived in August 2013, amid the influx of some 60,000 people at the time.

During a press conference in the refugee camp, Ban urged the international community to do more to help Syrian Refugees and Guterres said the UN is appealing over 540 million US Dollars in Syria Donor conference taking place in Kuwait this week, to be applied in Kurdistan to help supporting local communities as well as refugees.

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is among the areas in the region currently seeing arrivals of Syrians. Border crossing points there from Syria were all but closed from mid-September until the start of January, when the Peshkabour crossing was reopened.

Since then, some 5,000 people have crossed, and several hundred now arrive every afternoon. Of them, only around 900 have registered with UNHCR. These people are transferred to a reception centre where they are given basic assistance before being moved to the Gawilan refugee camp in transport provided by IOM.

This was the Secretary General’s first visit to Kawrgosik camp.

The delegation assured refugees that they can count on the United Nations for support.

Iraq now hosts around a quarter of a million Syrians.