AI report: The situation of Iraqi refugees in Syria
Amnistía Internacional publicou o xoves pasado un breve informe sobre a situación de máis dun millón de persoas que fuxiron cara a Siria procedentes dun Iraq ocupado polos exércitos “aliados” (nomeadamente o dos Estados Unidos) e sumido nunha crise política, económica e social onde os actos terroristas son cotidianos.
O informe titúlase The situation of Iraqi refugees in Syria e, ademais da versión en HTML, está disponible en PDF. Copio e pego un extracto da introducción:
More than four years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the conflict that continues to rage in the country has not only caused countless thousands of deaths and injuries but has provoked a continuing and increasing exodus of Iraqis displaced from their homes. Some two million or more have now left the country and almost two million others – out of a total Iraqi population estimated to be around 27 millions – are now living as internally displaced persons (IDPs) within Iraq having been forced from their homes. Some of these also can be expected to make their way to the country’s border and become refugees abroad. It is a dire situation, one that carries grave humanitarian consequences for those directly affected but also a diverse and challenging impact on the neighbouring countries, notably Syria and Jordan, who now bear a critical responsibility for assisting the refugees. It is a crisis to which the international community at large, however, must respond. The governments and people of Syria and Jordan cannot be left to bear this responsibility alone.
Syria is the only country that has so far kept its border open to refugees fleeing the sectarian violence in Iraq. It is estimated that there are now some 1.5 million Iraqis living in Syria, with around 30, 000 more arriving each month. The majority have arrived during the last 17 months following the bombing of al-‘Askari Shi’a holy shrine in Samarra on 22 February 2006. [...]
This briefing summarizes the findings of Amnesty International’s visit to Syria to assess the situation of refugees from Iraq. It includes a number of recommendations addressed to the Syrian, Jordanian and Iraqi governments and to the international community, particularly those states who pledged financial and other assistance at the April conference in Geneva to deliver on those pledges and to take further action to meet the needs of refugees and IDPs.
