Thursday, June 19, 2014

On the Azraq concentration camp in Jordan

From an NGO person in the Middle East:  "People are jumping off buses taking them to Azraq camp and all of the people there have one request: they want to go to zaatari. Azraq camp is a horrible place. it is a vast desert with white caravans in the middle of nowhere, they try to escape at night, it is not fenced but it is miles away from everything, and barely any cars pass by there, so unless they have assistance from outside, someone with a car, they cant escape, and even with outside help they often stopped by the police, cars come at night, lights off and try to smuggle people out.  There is nothing there for them to do except this supermarket which [was] set [up] and where they spend most their time to feel normal. "