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STORY: IRAQ / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 3.38
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
Language: Nat/Arabic
DATELINE: 7 MAY 2013, DOHUK, NORTHERN IRAQ
1. Wide shot, sign of Domiz camp 2. Various, shots of Domiz camp 3. Wide shot, Kava getting out of his wheelchair and pulling himself over the hill 4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"The journey is very hard because you are putting your life in danger. You have to dodge the bullets and the bombs. The war was all around us. I escaped as I am, in this state."
5. Med shot, Syrian refugee man waiting at the registration centre at Domiz camp 6. Med shot, UNHCR staff welcoming refugees 7. Med shot, Syrian refugee girl with her family 8. Zoom out, aerial shot of Domiz camp 9. Wide shot, Kava and his family waiting at the distribution center 10. Med shot, Syrian refugee woman looking at ECHO sign 11. Wide shot, UNHCR distribution center 12. Med shot, Syrian refugees waiting for distribution 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faisal Sadeq, Qandil, Swedish NGO:
"We realised that (Kava's Family) had special needs. The father has no legs and the mother has a disability. They have two kids. The government and UNHCR realised they are a special case, with specific needs. Fortunately, we were able to help them. There are many cases like these in the camp."
14. Wide shot, two men carrying the tent 15. Various, building the tent 16. Med shot, Kava watching his tent being built
17. Med shot, Kava's wife and his kid watching their tent being built 18. Wide shot, Kava approaching his tent 19. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"When we arrived in the morning we were living a tragedy, I said to myself 'I would go back to Syria and die there' because I have nothing, I know no-one. But then we met UNHCR and thank God. I can't describe my feelings, I am so happy... my kids and my wife are with me and I have a place to sleep." 20. Various, shots of Kava's family in the tent 21. Close up, Kava smiling 22. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"My ambition is to make sure my kids are educated and that they go to school. My wife and I can get by as we are, but our priority is our children. We do everything we can for our kids."
23. Close up, one of Kava's son eating candy 24. Med shot, Kava and his family 25. Various, shots of refugee faces 26. Wide shot, refugees walking in Domiz camp 27. Close up, Syrian refugee boy watching people walking STORYLINE:
Early morning at Domiz camp. More Syrian refugees arrive, carrying the traumas of war with them.
An all too common scene. Bringing to just over one million the number of Syrian refugees scattered across the region.
Kava and his family arrived at the camp in the dead of the night.
Threatened and afraid, the family spent a year moving from one city to another inside Syria.
But as the war worsened, they fled to Northern Iraq.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"The journey is very hard because you are putting your life in danger. You have to dodge the bullets and the bombs. The war was all around us. I escaped as I am, in this state."
The first morning in the camp. One by one everyone is registered with UNHCR.
But the challenge for all new families, is housing and space.
Domiz was built to take in 10,000 refugees.
It is now coping with an influx that has reached over 35,000 in the space of a year.
But Kava is given priority.
With the support of the European Commission's humanitarian aid department, UNHCR has already given tents to 67,000 Syrian refugees across Iraq. But the needs are growing.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Faisal Sadeq, Qandil, Swedish NGO:
"We realised that (Kava's Family) had special needs. The father has no legs and the mother has a disability. They have two kids. The government and UNHCR realised they are a special case, with specific needs. Fortunately, we were able to help them. There are many cases like these in the camp." There is a tent for Kava and his family. And there is a site.
Notch by notch, they watch their new tent going up. After so many months without a home, it’s a moment of real joy.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"When we arrived in the morning we were living a tragedy, I said to myself 'I would go back to Syria and die there' because I have nothing, I know no-one. But then we met UNHCR and thank God. I can't describe my feelings, I am so happy... my kids and my wife are with me and I have a place to sleep."
Kava and his family settle in. With the security of a shelter and safety, it is now possible to think about the future.
Kava’s first priority is to find work and get his sons back to school.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Kava, Syrian Refugee:
"My ambition is to make sure my kids are educated and that they go to school. My wife and I can get by as we are, but our priority is our children. We do everything we can for our kids." This family has found a glimmer of hope. For that they are grateful. But across the border, in Syria, there are well over three and a half million displaced Syrians. Still on the run. Still living with the daily horrors of war.
