There has recently been some furore here in the UK over the current coalition government’s refusal to take any of the over 2.3 million Syrian refugees fleeing the conflict. Nigel Farage, the leader of a small but growing political party, The United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), helped fuel the flames by surprisingly (UKIP stands on a broadly anti-immigration platform) calling for Syrian refugees to be given asylum in the UK. It turned out he only meant a certain type of Syrian, Christians. Nice.
This tale has been disproved this week by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, who has confirmed that the UK has in fact taken 1,500 Syrian refugees in the past year, compared to Germany which has taken 20,000 refugees . The coalition claimed before this revelation that its ”generous” giving of over £500 million pounds worth of aid to the refugee program is a better way to help these people. This lack of real provision for re-settlement by European countries, including the UK, has contributed to the continual huge rise in Syrians fleeing to neighbouring states in the region and staying there.
Over half of this aid given by the UK goes to the regions governments to help them support the refugees. There is a troubling situation facing many thousands of the refugees based in these countries surrounding Syria and in particular, Jordan. Jordan holds the second highest population of Syrian refugees at over 570,000 and rising daily. I have read over a report, commissioned by REACH in co-operation with UNICEF, which raises concerns over the forced eviction of Syrian refugees from their Informal Tented Settlements (ITS) by Jordanian security forces. These tented settlements are defined as a collection of 10 tents or more with no permission given by the Jordanian authorities for their erection. The report (focused on northern Jordan) explains that many of the inhabitants from these settlements are from specific communities in Syria who are looking to avoid the intra-community problems that have surfaced in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-run refugee camp, Zaatari. The report concludes that;
This tale has been disproved this week by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, who has confirmed that the UK has in fact taken 1,500 Syrian refugees in the past year, compared to Germany which has taken 20,000 refugees . The coalition claimed before this revelation that its ”generous” giving of over £500 million pounds worth of aid to the refugee program is a better way to help these people. This lack of real provision for re-settlement by European countries, including the UK, has contributed to the continual huge rise in Syrians fleeing to neighbouring states in the region and staying there.
Over half of this aid given by the UK goes to the regions governments to help them support the refugees. There is a troubling situation facing many thousands of the refugees based in these countries surrounding Syria and in particular, Jordan. Jordan holds the second highest population of Syrian refugees at over 570,000 and rising daily. I have read over a report, commissioned by REACH in co-operation with UNICEF, which raises concerns over the forced eviction of Syrian refugees from their Informal Tented Settlements (ITS) by Jordanian security forces. These tented settlements are defined as a collection of 10 tents or more with no permission given by the Jordanian authorities for their erection. The report (focused on northern Jordan) explains that many of the inhabitants from these settlements are from specific communities in Syria who are looking to avoid the intra-community problems that have surfaced in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)-run refugee camp, Zaatari. The report concludes that;
Continue here: http://www.counterpunch.org/2014/01/10/the-plight-of-syrias-refugees/
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Het geld dat Stichting Vluchteling ontvangt uit de Giro 555-actie Help slachtoffers Syrië komt ten goede aan projecten voor Syrische vluchtelingen in Noord-Syrië en Irak.