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The high number of refugees from Syria and Iraq puts pressure on neighbouring countries
Mariana Andrei - Communication Coordinator
11 November 2014
The difficult case of refugees from Syria and Iraq was addressed in a hearing of the human rights sub-commission in the European Parliament, in October this year.
More than nine million Syrians were forced to leave their country in the last years, in the context of the expanding Islamic State movement in Syria and Iraq. „No other conflict has seen such a large number of deaths, refugees and displaced persons in such a short period of time”, said Frej Fenniche, UNHCHR representative, during the hearing. He asked the international community to respond to the request for help of the Kurd Syrian city of Kobani, under siege by the Islamic State. Only 15% of the 3 million registered Syrian refugees live in camps, most of them living in cities. In his opinion, the public systems in host countries are on the verge of collapse, considering the raising tensions between refugees and the host populations.
More than half of the humanitarian aid from the European Commission has already been distributed in the neighbouring countries as support to refugees, but this aid is insufficient in the opinion of some European Parliament members.
In Iraq more than 5.2 million people need humanitarian aid. In the opinion of Leyla Ferman, co-president of the Yezidi Federation (representing the Yezidi religious minority in Iraq), people will not be able to survive winter without help. In Lebanon one person out of five is a refugee, so it is crucial for the EU to support the public infrastructure, the social services and to support the local civil society initiatives.
Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/ro/news-room/content/20141013STO73809/html/Siria-%C8%99i-Irak-num%C4%83rul-mare-de-refugia%C8%9Bi-pune-presiune-asupra-%C8%9B%C4%83rilor-vecine
More than nine million Syrians were forced to leave their country in the last years, in the context of the expanding Islamic State movement in Syria and Iraq. „No other conflict has seen such a large number of deaths, refugees and displaced persons in such a short period of time”, said Frej Fenniche, UNHCHR representative, during the hearing. He asked the international community to respond to the request for help of the Kurd Syrian city of Kobani, under siege by the Islamic State. Only 15% of the 3 million registered Syrian refugees live in camps, most of them living in cities. In his opinion, the public systems in host countries are on the verge of collapse, considering the raising tensions between refugees and the host populations.
More than half of the humanitarian aid from the European Commission has already been distributed in the neighbouring countries as support to refugees, but this aid is insufficient in the opinion of some European Parliament members.
In Iraq more than 5.2 million people need humanitarian aid. In the opinion of Leyla Ferman, co-president of the Yezidi Federation (representing the Yezidi religious minority in Iraq), people will not be able to survive winter without help. In Lebanon one person out of five is a refugee, so it is crucial for the EU to support the public infrastructure, the social services and to support the local civil society initiatives.
Source: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/ro/news-room/content/20141013STO73809/html/Siria-%C8%99i-Irak-num%C4%83rul-mare-de-refugia%C8%9Bi-pune-presiune-asupra-%C8%9B%C4%83rilor-vecine
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