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STORY: IRAQ / DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP
TRT: 2.40
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / KURDISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 AUGUST 2014, DOMIZ REFUGEE CAMP, NOTHERN IRAQ
1. Various shots, Domiz camp, Northern Iraq
2. Wide shot, Shareef and his family eating
3. Close up, Shareef eating
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“When we came to Domiz camp, the situation was really bad. It was very crowded; there were long queues for residency, forms and aid. There were many people here. But thank god, with time we got help from the Kurdish government, aid agencies and UNHCR. They gave us tents, and little by little things got better.”
5. Various shots, bread baking procedure
6. Wide shot, Shareef at the bakery
7. Wide shot, Syrian boy buying bread
8. Wide shot, Shareef selling bread
9. Close up, Shareef at his bakery
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“After what happened in Sinjar, many people fled to Dohuk. We felt their pain because we’ve been through the same situation. Since we have bread we wanted to help them. We have been through the same situation, waiting for assistance from anyone, any side, and any agency. “
11. Med shot, Bread being loaded on the car
12. Wide shot, Shareef giving bread to the Iraqi displaced
13. Med shot, IDP girl receiving bread
14. Wide shot, Shareef talking to Ramadhan
15. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Ramadhan, Displaced Iraqi:
“As you see, Syrian refugees who also have been through a lot, they bring us food and bread. These Syrian refugees, they work hard to get some money, and then they give it to us. Whatever they have, they give to us. Look at these people from the camp, they keep bringing us bread. Whatever they have, they are happy to share with us. We are really grateful for their help.”
16. Close up, Shareef talking to Ramadhan
17. Close up, IDP girls
18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“I hope the situation gets better and terrorists leave from their place so that they can go home of course us as well. I hope both of us become happy and go back to our normal life.”
19. Wide shot, Shareef saying good-bye to Ramadhan
20. Wide shot, IDP children eating under the mattress
21. Close up, IDP children eating under the mattress
Domiz refugee camp in Northern Iraq is home to more than 65,000 Syrian refugees uprooted from their country by conflict.
In Syria, Shareef had a modest grocery shop. When fighting intensified, he decided to sell it and use the money to flee into Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“When we came to Domiz camp, the situation was really bad. It was very crowded; there were long queues for residency, forms and aid. There were many people here. But thank god, with time we got help from the Kurdish government, aid agencies and UNHCR. They gave us tents, and little by little things got better.”
18 months on with his savings, Shareef has a new business, a successful bakery.
A few weeks ago, the father of four saw a TV report about another mass exodus into Northern Iraq.
This time, it wasn’t from Syria; it was Iraqis fleeing conflict in their own country.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“After what happened in Sinjar, many people fled to Dohuk. We felt their pain because we’ve been through the same situation. Since we have bread we wanted to help them. We have been through the same situation, waiting for assistance from anyone, any side, and any agency. “
Shareef rushed to help displaced Iraqis near the camp. In the first week, he gave away 400 bags of bread a day. Ramadhan's was among those he helped.
SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Ramadhan, Displaced Iraqi:
“As you see, Syrian refugees who also have been through a lot, they bring us food and bread. These Syrian refugees, they work hard to get some money, and then they give it to us. Whatever they have, they give to us. Look at these people from the camp, they keep bringing us bread. Whatever they have, they are happy to share with us. We are really grateful for their help.”
For his part, Shareef dreams of a safer future both for Iraqis and his fellow Syrians.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Shareef, Syrian Refugee:
“I hope the situation gets better and terrorists leave from their place so that they can go home of course us as well. I hope both of us become happy and go back to our normal life.”
More than three million refugees from Syria’s civil war have crossed into neighbouring countries, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). An estimated 6.45 million more are internally displaced within Syria.
In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, some 200,000 refugees from Syria and 850,000 internally displaced from other parts of Iraq have found shelter together in schools, abandoned parks and buildings as well as camps. There they receive assistance from UNHCR, the local government and partner agencies –and also from each other.
