1 Aug 2012

JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES

As the outflow from Syria continues, neighbouring Jordan has opened a new camp to ease pressures on border sites hosting thousands of Syrian refugees. The new site, Camp Za’atari, has received its first refugees. UNHCR

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STORY: JORDAN / SYRIAN REFUGEES
TRT: 1.57
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATE: 30 JULY 2012, ZA'ATARI CAMP, LEBANON

SHOTLIST:

1. Wide shot, Za'atari camp
2. Wide shot, man, woman and child walking in camp
3. Med shot, refugee women in camp
4. Med shot, children in front of barbed fence
5. Med shot, man with his children in the shade of their tent
6. Med shot, young women walking in camp
7. Med shot, man helping woman in refugee camp
8. Med shot, Abu Ibrahim with family
9. Med shot, Abu Ibrahim going inside his tent 
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Ibrahim, Syrian Refugee:
"For us here we cannot take this situation at all, we are not used to this and we
cannot accept living like this."
11. Med shot, refugees in the camp
12. Med shot, woman dusting in front of tent
13. Wide shot, camp
14. Wide shot, woman and her daughter in the shade of the tent
15. Med shot, children playing in sand
16. Wide shot, Um Ahmad and other women sitting in the shade of the tent
17. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Ahmad, Syrian Refugee:
"We ran away from the violence and death at home, we were told we would be better off here. We just came and are facing a slow death now."
18. Wide shot, tents in camp
19. Med shot, boy near water tanks
20. Med shot, emotional refugee with UNHCR staff
21. Close up, refugee carrying her special needs daughter
22. Med shot, man washing with water
23. Wide shot, man and his son washing with water
24. Med shot, little girl carrying bucket of water

STORYLINE:

As the outflow from Syria continues, neighbouring Jordan has opened a new camp to ease pressures on border sites hosting thousands of Syrian refugees

The new site, Camp Za'atari, has received its first refugees.

These Syrian men women and children have come from Bashabsheh a makeshift camp in northern Jordan.

Initially five hundred refugees have been settled here.

They all share similar stories, fleeing their war torn country to seek refuge in
neighboring ones.

Abu Ibrahim, a farmer from Dara'a left his hometown two weeks ago after intense shelling of his neighborhood.

Accompanied by his wife and children, he also has to take care of his brother's family.

He never thought they would end up in a tent in the middle of the desert.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abu Ibrahim, Syrian Refugee:
"For us here we cannot take this situation at all, we are not used to this and we
cannot accept living like this."

Refugees say the heat, dust and lack of services especially electricity is what has made their stay here at Za'atari camp hard.

Having no choice, they left modern homes for very basic living.

Children are often among the most affected by such a radical change in their lives.

They try to rebuild their tents make toys out of empty water bottle… all to pass
the time.

Meanwhile, their mothers, sitting in the shade of the tents, look on. They feel helpless and hopeless.

Um Ahmad came from Dara'a with her husband and five children one week ago.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Um Ahmad, Syrian Refugee:
"We ran away from the violence and death at home, we were told we would be better off here. We just came and are facing a slow death now."

Za'atari camp can receive around 113,000 refugees. Water, sanitation and electricity are some basic services that are being set up.

The flight of the refugees to safety was heroic say the locals who are helping
them.

Everyone has left behind family and friends behind. Left the life they know.

Now they have to adapt to a very different and difficult reality….that of being a
refugee.

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