Published : 14-10-2018
UNICEF has called for providing immediate sophisticated healthcare services to refugees at the Rukban Syrian camp near the Syrian-Jordanian border.
In a statement to The Jordan Times, UNICEF said that the situation for the estimated 45,000 people, among them many children, will further worsen with the cold winter months fast approaching, especially when temperatures dip below freezing point in the harsh desert conditions.
“In the past 48 hours, two more children, a five-day old boy and a four-month old girl have died in Rukban, near Jordan’s north eastern border with Syria, without access to a hospital,” UNICEF Regional Director for MENA Geert Cappelaere was quoted in a UNICEF statement as saying.
“The two children in Rukban are among many, many children in Syria and the region who died in a conflict that they have absolutely no responsibility for. Their lives have been cut short, their families forever broken in grief,” Cappelaere said.
“Once again, UNICEF appeals to all parties to the conflict in Syria and those who have influence over them, to allow and facilitate access to basic services including health for children and families. This is the very minimum for human dignity,” the regional director underscored.
Jordan has allowed the entry of humanitarian aid to the Rukban camp for a single time to the displaced refugees after the UN presented a plan in which it pledged to deliver future assistance to the camp from Syria.
The international organization resorted to Jordan as Damascus had failed to respond to a request to grant access to the area.
Thousands of displaced Palestinian and Syrian migrants continue to face tragic conditions in Rukban Camp as a result of the blockade imposed by the Syrian and Jordanian authorities, blocking civilians’ access to relief items and humanitarian aid.
Thousands of Palestinians and Syrians have sought shelter in the camp after they fled the bloody shootouts between the Syrian government forces, the opposition outfits, and ISIS militias along with the deadly onslaughts launched by the Russian battalions using barrel bombs.
UNICEF has called for providing immediate sophisticated healthcare services to refugees at the Rukban Syrian camp near the Syrian-Jordanian border.
In a statement to The Jordan Times, UNICEF said that the situation for the estimated 45,000 people, among them many children, will further worsen with the cold winter months fast approaching, especially when temperatures dip below freezing point in the harsh desert conditions.
“In the past 48 hours, two more children, a five-day old boy and a four-month old girl have died in Rukban, near Jordan’s north eastern border with Syria, without access to a hospital,” UNICEF Regional Director for MENA Geert Cappelaere was quoted in a UNICEF statement as saying.
“The two children in Rukban are among many, many children in Syria and the region who died in a conflict that they have absolutely no responsibility for. Their lives have been cut short, their families forever broken in grief,” Cappelaere said.
“Once again, UNICEF appeals to all parties to the conflict in Syria and those who have influence over them, to allow and facilitate access to basic services including health for children and families. This is the very minimum for human dignity,” the regional director underscored.
Jordan has allowed the entry of humanitarian aid to the Rukban camp for a single time to the displaced refugees after the UN presented a plan in which it pledged to deliver future assistance to the camp from Syria.
The international organization resorted to Jordan as Damascus had failed to respond to a request to grant access to the area.
Thousands of displaced Palestinian and Syrian migrants continue to face tragic conditions in Rukban Camp as a result of the blockade imposed by the Syrian and Jordanian authorities, blocking civilians’ access to relief items and humanitarian aid.
Thousands of Palestinians and Syrians have sought shelter in the camp after they fled the bloody shootouts between the Syrian government forces, the opposition outfits, and ISIS militias along with the deadly onslaughts launched by the Russian battalions using barrel bombs.
