Saraf Omra displaced reach Central Darfur’s Hamidiya camp
More than 2,000 people who fled the violence in the areas in Saraf Omra locality, North Darfur, have arrived to the Hamidiya camp for the displaced in Zalingei locality, Central Darfur, during the past few weeks. “People who fled from the attacks by Musa Hilal’s militia forces in March on Saraf Omra town and villages in the vicinity, are arriving on a daily basis at the Hamidiya camp,” the coordinator of the Central Darfur camps for the displaced reported to Radio Dabanga. “These people, are now residing in Block 6, have not been registered yet. ” The coordinator described the living conditions of the newly displaced as critical. He said that he “fears the worst for them”. “There are about 320 families who arrived to the camp a year ago. They had fled the fighting in Jebel ‘Amer in North Darfur. Though these people were registered by the High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at that time, they have not received any kind of aid. Diseases are spreading fast, especially among children and mothers.” He attributed the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the camps to the “lack of seriousness of the government, and the restrictions put on activities by relief organisations, in case they are not expelled”. “The government is trying to dismantle the camps through harassment and expulsion of humanitarian organisations. The aim is to force the displaced to return to their villages, despite the rampant insecurity and the continuing terrorism causing tens of thousands new displaced.” Photo: A mother with her baby born at a provisional settlement in the vicinity of the Unamid base in Saraf Omra, 18 March 2014. (Albert González Farran/Unamid) Related:OCHA: ‘55,000 newly displaced in North Darfur’s Saraf Omra’ (18 March 2014) Goods, livestock looted in Saraf Omra for sale in West Darfur capital (13 March 2014) Ministerial delegation in North Darfur to assess humanitarian needs (13 March 2014) Musa Hilal’s militias plunder, burn, take control of North Darfur’s Saraf Omra (9 March 2014) Musa Hilal warns North Darfur citizens of ‘operations’ (2 March 2014)
More than 2,000 people who fled the violence in the areas in Saraf Omra locality, North Darfur, have arrived to the Hamidiya camp for the displaced in Zalingei locality, Central Darfur, during the past few weeks.
“People who fled from the attacks by Musa Hilal’s militia forces in March on Saraf Omra town and villages in the vicinity, are arriving on a daily basis at the Hamidiya camp,” the coordinator of the Central Darfur camps for the displaced reported to Radio Dabanga. “These people, are now residing in Block 6, have not been registered yet. ”
The coordinator described the living conditions of the newly displaced as critical. He said that he “fears the worst for them”. “There are about 320 families who arrived to the camp a year ago. They had fled the fighting in Jebel ‘Amer in North Darfur. Though these people were registered by the High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at that time, they have not received any kind of aid. Diseases are spreading fast, especially among children and mothers.”
He attributed the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the camps to the “lack of seriousness of the government, and the restrictions put on activities by relief organisations, in case they are not expelled”.
“The government is trying to dismantle the camps through harassment and expulsion of humanitarian organisations. The aim is to force the displaced to return to their villages, despite the rampant insecurity and the continuing terrorism causing tens of thousands new displaced.”
Photo: A mother with her baby born at a provisional settlement in the vicinity of the Unamid base in Saraf Omra, 18 March 2014. (Albert González Farran/Unamid)
Related:
OCHA: ‘55,000 newly displaced in North Darfur’s Saraf Omra’ (18 March 2014)
Goods, livestock looted in Saraf Omra for sale in West Darfur capital (13 March 2014)
Ministerial delegation in North Darfur to assess humanitarian needs (13 March 2014)
Musa Hilal’s militias plunder, burn, take control of North Darfur’s Saraf Omra (9 March 2014)
Musa Hilal warns North Darfur citizens of ‘operations’ (2 March 2014)
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