translated from Spanish: 11 children die in Syria refugee camp

Damascus.-at least 11 children have died this week in the refugee camp of to the Hol in the Syrian province of to the Hasaka, bringing to 271 the number of children killed since January in the said site, according to the Syrian Observatory of rights Humanos.En a statement This NGO said that it has documented the “death of 11 new children as a result of poor sanitary conditions and life” since last Saturday, which had been informed of the death of 7 children during the previous week. With these data, the Observatory said that since January the number of children who died in one of the camps of displaced persons in Syria amounts to 271.Asimismo, the NGO, based in the United Kingdom but with a wide network of partners on the ground reported that this ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ is due to the lack of food, medicines and medical care “as a result of the inaction of the international organizations”.

A child in the camp of to the Hol. Photo: AFP

The Observatory stands at 73.361 the number of displaced people who found the camp of the Hol, while other organizations, such as the Red Cross, to ensure that the fork is situated between 80,000 and 100,000 people.

Live in the camp “families of members of the (jihadist group) Islamic State, including more 8.726 Iraqi families with around 30.688 children, women and some men”, as well as “thousands” of families from Europe, Asia and North of Africa, according to the NGO. Field of the Hol is located in the Northern Syrian province of Hasaka, which is more than 300 kilometers to of to the Baguz, the last inhabited village which was controlled by jihadists in Syria and on 23 March that was conquered by the forces of Syria Democrat ICA, Alliance of mainly Kurdish militias.

Children in the camp to the Hol. Photo: AFP

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