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STORY: IRAQ / KOBANE REFUGEES
TRT: 2.06
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ENGLISH /ARABIC /KURDISH /NATS
DATELINE: 13-14 OCTOBER 2014, GALIWAN, IRAQ
1. Med shot, people exiting bus
2. Close up, people exiting bus
3. Wide shot, refugees in front of tents
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farah, 17:
“We left everything. Just this. We don’t have anything. We left everything. Just clothes. We ran.”
5. Med shot, children splashing water on their heads.
6. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Mizgin, 14:
“We walked here and faced many difficulties along the way. It was difficult for me to reach here. We fled by foot. I swear to god it was not our decision to leave. Three days walking. We faced many difficulties and are very tired.”
7. Wide shot of Gawilan refugee camp
8. Tracking shot, from car through Gawilan camp
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Maulid Wafa, Emergency Coordinator of
UNICEF office in Dohuk:
“We had been dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis then the displacement of people running away from the conflict in Iraq and now that Kobani happened we are receiving waves of refugees. Last few days alone we have received over 6000 people. And this is the beginning of what we believe it is going to be a huge emergency. The estimates we have, we are expecting more than 50 000 maybe more than 100 000 plus people coming in.”
10. Wide shot, refugees inside mosque in Gawilan camp
11. Wide shot, Gawilan refugee camp
12. Tracking shot, from car of long convoy of buses carrying more refugees from Kobane
Within last few days some 6000 refugees from Kobane in Syria has arrived in Galiwan refugee camp in northern Iraq. Officials estimate at least 50 000 more are on their way.
These refugees fled their homes in Kobani about two weeks ago. They left in a mad dash for safety. First they went to Turkey. But they weren't welcome there. So they came here, to Kurdistan in northern Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Farah, 17:
“We left everything. Just this. We don’t have anything. We left everything. Just clothes. We ran.”
A week ago they were only a trickle of refugees. But in the last three days over 6,000 refugees from the embattled city of Kobane in Syria have arrived in Iraq. Authorities fear an even larger exodus in coming days.
SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Mizgin, 14:
“We walked here and faced many difficulties along the way. It was difficult for me to reach here. We fled by foot. I swear to god it was not our decision to leave. Three days walking. We faced many difficulties and are very tired.”
When refugees arrived at the transit center at the Turkey-Iraq border they received water, hygiene kits, access to sanitation facilities, and space for families in Unicef provided tents to briefly rest in the shade while their entry into Iraq was documented and registered.
Refugees from Kobane were then taken by bus (organized by IOM) to Gawilan camp.
At the e camp they will be offered a tent where they will live and children will have access to child friendly spaces, education and access to wash and sanitation facilities.
In recent days the population of this camp has doubled to nearly ten thousand.
SOUNDBITE (English) Maulid Wafa, Emergency Coordinator of UNICEF office in Dohuk:
“We had been dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis then the displacement of people running away from the conflict in Iraq and now that Kobani happened we are receiving waves of refugees. Last few days alone we have received over 6000 people. And this is the beginning of what we believe it is going to be a huge emergency. The estimates we have, we are expecting more than 50 000 maybe more than 100 000 plus people comng in.”
Many more refugees from Kobani are already on their way to Iraq - half of them children.
According to the latest estimates from the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR), more than 209,504 Syrian refugees currently reside in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Around 89,590 have settled in nine camps and transit sites across the three governorates of Erbil, Duhok and Sulaymaniyah.
