The EU = European Union aims to extend the resolution as the humanitarian aid route used between Syria in the Middle East and neighboring Turkey, which has been used between Syria in the Middle East and neighboring Turkey, is about to expire this weekend based on a UN Security Council resolution. Syrian officials visited the border area and called for continued support, stating that "the lives of refugees are at stake."
The humanitarian route connects northwestern Syria, where about 3 million people, including citizens fleeing the Assad regime's attacks, to neighboring Turkey, and was used under a 2014 UN Security Council resolution. I have come.
However, as the deadline for the resolution approaches the 10th of this month, Russia, which has been the backing of the Assad administration, is reluctant to extend the resolution to Western countries, and it is expected that humanitarian assistance will continue in the future. I'm not standing.
On the 8th, Commissioner Renarchic, who is in charge of crisis management in the EU-European Union, visited a relief supplies loading base near the border with Syria in southeastern Turkey.
At a press conference there, Commissioner Renarchic said, "If this project, which is at the mercy of refugees, is not maintained, it will be a serious situation," and appealed for continued support.
The UN Security Council held an informal meeting on the 6th to discuss the issue, but it has not been settled as Russia is reluctant, and there are concerns that the humanitarian situation will worsen further.
Syrian refugees "closed support route sentenced to death"
Internally displaced persons living in northwestern Syria relying on the support of the United Nations have urgently demanded that the route not be closed, saying that the closure of the support route is a death sentence for 4 million people living in the area. Was asked.
Muhammad Homaidy, 65, from Idlib Governorate, was an elementary school teacher, but moved to a refugee camp five years ago in response to the fierce fighting.
He lives in a tent with his wife, children, and about 20 grandchildren, but he says he has no job at the camp and has to rely on the support of the United Nations.
The United Nations delivers foods such as sugar, oil, and rice twice a month.
In addition, with the support of the United Nations in the fields of education and medical care, children were studying at school with textbooks given by UNICEF = United Nations Children's Fund.
"Education, health, and everything else you need to live comes in from the support route. Closing the support route is a death sentence for the 4 million people living in the area," said Homaidy. Did.
He said, "I want the United Nations and the international community to continue to open up aid routes and not leave humanitarian assistance to other powers," and emphasized that Russia's claim of humanitarian assistance by the Assad administration is unreliable.