Friday, November 28, 2014

Winter causing difficulties for refugees fleeing IS

In Northern Iraq, there are fears for tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, and Islamic State militants, as winter closes in.

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled to the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

Our Correspondent Olly Barratt is at a United Nations-run refugee camp on the outskirts of Erbil, the Kurdistan region's capital, he says the conditions at the camps are very difficult.

IN: We've had heavy rain...

DUR: 33

OUT: about to get a whole lot worse

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1127iraqcamp-ob1.mp3



Our Correspondent Olly Barratt is at a United Nations-run refugee camp on the outskirts of Erbil, the Kurdistan region's capital, he says while migrants are making the most of the situation, many still hope to return home

IN: People are trying...

DUR: 28

OUT: when that might be

http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1127iraqcamp-ob2.mp3


Our Correspondent Olly Barratt is at a United Nations-run refugee camp on the outskirts of Erbil, the Kurdistan region's capital, he says the lives of those that have fled to these camps has been completely disrupted

IN: Here they feel at least safe...

DUR: 35

OUT: and parts of Iraq as well


http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/1127iraqcamp-ob3.mp3