On January 13, heavy rainfall caused damage in al-Hawl camp in eastern Hasaka governorate, flooding a number of tents and deepening the suffering of the camp’s residents, some of whom had to pay buy alternative tents priced as high as 400,000 Syrian Pounds, after camp officials in charge of distributing camps had refused to compensate them. The area is under the control of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) notes that camp’s residents are grappling with extremely dire humanitarian conditions with the onset of the winter season and rainfalls.
It should be also noted that these repeated occurrences further worsen the already dire living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), exacerbating their existing hardships. We urge international relief organizations, including the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to urgently respond to the camps’ basic needs, and provide camps’ administration with additional tens for emergencies.
