UN warns of increasing assassinations in Syria’s al-Hol camp
The entrance of the sprawling al-Hol camp, located in northeastern Syria’s Hasakah province. (Photo: Archive)
Reports of escalating violence at Al Hol are of urgent concern.
The vast majority in Al Hol are women and children, who fled to the camp seeking protection and assistance. Residents and humanitarians alike must be protected.
“Disturbing events indicate an increasingly untenable security environment at Al Hol,” said Imran Riza, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Syria, and UN Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis Muhannad Hadi in the statement.
“With almost 62,000 residents, Al Hol is the largest camp for refugees and internally displaced people in Syria.”
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Al-Hol camp holds almost 62,000 people, of whom more than 80 percent are women and children (AFP) By Published date: 22 January 2021 15:27 UTC | Last update: 2 months ago
Twelve murders have taken place at a displacement camp in northeast Syria in just over two weeks, the UN has said, sounding the alarm over an increasingly untenable security situation.
Run by Kurdish forces, al-Hol camp holds almost 62,000 people, of whom more than 80 percent are women and children, including Syrians, Iraqis and thousands from as far afield as Europe and Asia.
Twelve people have been murdered at the overcrowded al-Hol camp for displaced people in northeastern Syria since the beginning of the year, according to United Nations figures.
Imran Riza, the UN’s resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator for Syria, and Muhannad Hadi, regional humanitarian coordinator for the Syria crisis, expressed concerns over what they called “deteriorating security conditions” at al-Hol camp.
From January 1 to January 16, “the UN received reports of the murders of 12 Syrian and Iraqi camp residents, including one female Iraqi refugee. Another person was critically injured in a violent attack,” the UN officials said in a statement late on Thursday.