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STORY: JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES HOUSING CRISIS
TRT: 2.32
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS
DATELINE: 10 MARCH 2014, RAMTHA, JORDAN
1. Wide shot, mountains separating Jordan from Syria
2. Various shots, Syrian refugees in Ramtha
3. Wide shot Majda walking inside her house
4. Med shot, Majda helping her children get ready for school
5. Close up, children’s clothes in the room
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Majda Ibrahim Hamid, Syrian refugee:
“We manage with the (WFP food) vouchers we take. We pay the landlord a portion of the rent with the food that we take from the vouchers and we use the other portion to feed our children.”
7. Various up Ramtha streets
8. Pan left, housing compound
9. Med shot Nedal talking with refugee residents
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nedal Al-Bashabsheh, Property owner:
“There are 62 families living here. Twenty two of them who are in need, poor and don’t have money were given free housing. The rest of the families pay minimal fees.”
11. Various shots of Obadah walking into his house
12. Wide shot, Obadah greeting his parents
13. UPSOUND (Arabic) Obadah Al-Mukdad, Syrian refugee:
“Peace be upon you. And peace be upon you as well.”
14. Various close ups of blind parents
15. Various shots, Obadah speaking to his father while holding his hand
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Obadah Al-Mukdad, Syrian refugee:
“If anything were to happen for us to leave this house we would end up on the street. There are houses for rent, but we have no money and we aren’t allowed to work.”
17. Various shots, Syrian refugees in Ramtha
18. Various shots, Ramtha streets
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians forced into exile in Jordan are facing a fresh humanitarian crisis as they struggle to get by living outside the country's refugee camps.
Almost four in five Syrian refugees in Jordan live outside the formal camps, but only get a fraction of the international attention given to Za'atari camp in northern Jordan.
More than 90 per cent of refugees in Jordan sheltering in urban areas live in rented accommodation. The prices for Syrians have risen as much as 25 per cent in some locations since 2012.
Ramtha is now home to roughly 80 thousand Syrian refugees. Two camps in the area host less than 1,200.
Majda and her children live in a converted storehouse and pay for more than 280 US dollars a month. She works as a housekeeper or harvesting olives to make ends meet.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic), Majda Ibrahim Hamid, Syrian refugee:
“We manage with the (WFP food) vouchers we take. We pay the landlord a portion of the rent with the food that we take from the vouchers and we use the other portion to feed our children.”
Rent now accounts for almost two thirds of refugee expenditure, and has emerged as a primary concern for their well-being. Half of Syria's refugees feel they live in inadequate dwellings, including badly ventilated apartments that suffer from damp or mold.
