Idlib – North-Press Agency
Administrators in western Idlib’s camps complained about the absence of the role of relief and humanitarian organizations recently to support the displaced and provide them with needs in order to alleviate the deteriorating living conditions they are suffering from.
Jumaa al-Fajr, director of Ain al-Hamra camp west of Idlib, said, "Relief organizations of all kinds are absent from supporting displaced people in the camp.”
According to the camp's administration, Ain al-Hamra camp houses 250 families from the Hama, Latakia, Damascus, and Idlib countrysides, whose members suffer from high prices and the absence of the necessary support, especially for bread, water, and other daily necessities.
Al-Fajr added that there are great fears of the spread of coronavirus in the absence of a medical point in the camp, "knowing that we have repeatedly called for a medical point, but it fell on deaf ears."
This case is not limited to Ain al-Hamra only, but also includes most of the Idlib countryside camps, such as the al-Karama camp 15km away from Ma`rat Misrin near the village of Sheikh Bahr, north of Idlib, from which relief support is absent, according to sources from inside the camp.
Al-Karama camp 207 houses families, including women, children and the elderly from the areas of Sinjar, Abu al-Dhuhur, Abdeen, Maar Shoreen, and other villages and towns in Idlib countryside, according to the camp administration.
The director of the camp, Hadi al-Jabi, told North-Press that "one of the most prominent needs is food baskets, free bread, baskets of toiletries, and tents," noting that "no relief aid has entered the camp for more than seven months," in addition to the lack of relief support and the lack of a medical point, a sewage network, bathrooms, and toilets.
Furthermore, the camp suffers from the spread of infectious diseases and skin lesions, in addition to intestinal, chest, and respiratory diseases, and chronic diseases, not to mention the presence of people with special needs.
According to the "Syria Response Coordinators" team, the north of Syria is home to hundreds of random camps inhabited by millions of displaced people. The Team indicated that the camps for the displaced are considered an ideal environment for the spread of coronavirus, due to high humidity, overpopulation and lack of sterilization tools, in addition to the urgent need for clean drinking water and water for daily use and hygiene.