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refugee camps are being established in north Iraq
Turkey and the US have agreed upon the stationing of refugee camps inside northern Iraq, note that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Migration and Refugees, Mr. Richard Green and the foreign ministry of Turkey have agreed with being prepared for up to 1 mln refugees (in 1991 450.000 kurdish refugees fled to Turkey). The plan does contain three lines of refugee camps: Line 1: between the 36th and 37th parallel, between Erbil, Selahaddin, ªaklava, Dohuk, Atruº and Mosul 6 refugee camps with a capacity of 3000 each Line 2: Between the 37th parallel and the Turkish border, between Zaho, Kanimasi, Amadiya, Bamerni and Sersing 6 refugee camps with a capacity of 3000 each Line 3: Turkish border region 6 refugee camps with a capacity of 3000 each A total capacity of 54.000 people will be provided by Turkey, up to 30.000 soldiers will form a barrier inside north Iraq to stop the wafe of refugees. Iran: A senior Iranian official responsible for refugees, Ahmad Hussaini, said the country's interior ministry had set up a national crisis centre to cope with a possible influx of refugees. Mr Hussaini says his country has already put in place relief facilities to deal with up to 50,000 Iraqi refugees. He added that Iran could provide accommodation and other facilities for up to 900,000 people. United Nations: UNICEF spokesman Alfred Ironside said the organization, which boasts a staff of around 300 inside Iraq, is in good shape ahead of any conflict. âWe have topped up our supplies even in neighboring countries,â he said. While declining to go into details, Khaled Mansour of the U.N.-mandated World Food Program said that contingency plan for Iraq have been drawn up, âas we do for many other countries.â Red Cross spokeswoman Marie-Francois Borel said the charity has speeded up emergency preparedness in Iraq. This has included stockpiling emergency relief items, such as tents, blankets and first aid kits as well as improving its telecommunications equipment. According to the Red Cross, the immediate objective is to cater for the essential needs of 100,000 people during a period of 10 days. I wonder where the rest of the refugees will go when Turkey, Iran and the UN are only prepared for a total of 200.000 refugees Posted by: Murat 2003-01-29 |
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