Establishing a camp in Hasakah for more than 3,000 displaced families

Hasakah – North-Press Agency
 

Jindar Abdul Qader

In late October of this year, northeastern Syria Autonomous Administration began preparing for the establishment of a camp near the town of al-Twaina, about 12 km west of city of Hasakah, in northeastern Syria. The camp is being prepared to accommodate internally displaced people from areas that were attacked by Turkish military and its affiliated armed opposition groups in Sere-Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), Gre Spi (Tal Abyad) and their countryside.
The region witnessed significant displacement waves as the Turkish military invasion began on 9 October, especially towards the city of Hasakah and its countryside being the safest area away from the Syrian-Turkish borders and the scope of the Turkish military assault.

The city of Hasakah received at least 100,000 displaced people, most of them were accommodated in schools after being equipped by the Autonomous Administration institutions, and the participation of civil society organizations in the process of providing services to those displaced civilians.

Washo-Kani Camp

It is expected that the camp will receive about 3,500 families with a number of up to 14 thousand displaced people, which extends over an area of 675 dunums, according to officials in the preparatory committee for the establishment of the camp.

Barzan Abdullah, member of the preparatory committee that oversees the establishment of the camp told North-Press that after Turkish attack on the city of Sere-Kaniye, people fled towards the city of Hasakah and its countryside. He pointed out that the city of Hasakah, schools, centers and its inhabitants received the displaced people, and the Autonomous Administration found it better to establish a camp to reduce the suffering of those people.
While he stressed that the work is being carried out by the Autonomous Administration without the intervention of any other parties, or provide any assistance; "the ground now is being set up with white stones, we have put a number of large tents urgently, to receive the displaced people who were staying in the open air," Abdullah said.
Abdullah appealed to the humanitarian organizations and international bodies concerned to provide assistance and support to the displaced people as soon as possible to alleviate their suffering.

Displacement
Hundreds of families were forced to stay in the open air due to the Turkish bombing on their villages as the Turkish military operations began in northeastern Syria. A displaced woman “Um Ahmed” told North-Press: "We fled our village and slept in the open air for 15 days, then they told us that they are setting up a camp near Hasakah".
“They have presented everything we need, but we want to go back to our homes and properties, we just want safety in our homes,” she added.