Serê Kaniyê IDPs call for support to return

After seven years of displacement and hardship in camps, the second convoy of displaced people from Serê Kaniyê set out on Tuesday toward their villages and homes. The convoy includes around 700 families, or nearly 7,000 people, amid joy over their return and calls for support to ensure stability and help families repair their damaged homes.

ANHA agency observed the returnees’ reactions as the convoy set out. They expressed their happiness at returning to their land and said a number of homes had been destroyed, leaving families in need of support to repair them and secure suitable living conditions.

Displaced man Ahmed Mohammed, from al-Manajir village, said, “Families endured difficult conditions in the camps over the past seven years,” describing the joy of returning as “priceless.”

He expressed hope that all displaced people in Syria would return to their lands and homes.

He added that his home had been completely destroyed and called on the relevant authorities and organizations to help families rebuild their homes, as well as provide security and stability in areas of return.

For his part, Yassin Aidan, from al-Manajir village, described the joy of returning as beyond measure and thanked those who provided care for the displaced people during their time in the camps.

He noted that families had endured harsh conditions in both cold and hot weather and called for infrastructure to be prepared and for electricity, heating and basic services to be provided, along with accelerating the return of the remaining displaced people in the camps.

For her part, displaced woman Shamsa Hussein Ahmad said that seven years of displacement had been a long period of suffering, adding that returning families need security, stability and support to rebuild and repair their homes and meet their basic needs.

She called on the relevant authorities and organizations to provide support to returnees and accelerate the return of all displaced people, amid a lack of assistance in the camps, particularly ahead of the winter season.

Displaced woman Fatima Abdel Rahman, for her part, said that families had suffered greatly from being separated from their land and expressed her happiness at returning to her home and land.

She explained that her home needs to be repaired and that she cannot afford the cost of rebuilding it. She said she would temporarily live in a tent until the house is repaired and made suitable for residential use.

She also called for the necessary support to be provided to facilitate the return of all displaced people to their lands.

The return of the second convoy comes amid calls from displaced people from Serê Kaniyê to accelerate the return process, ensure the necessary security, service and humanitarian conditions, support families in rebuilding and repairing damaged homes, and work to return all those still living in the camps.

 ANHA