With the European Commission for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is visiting the Al Zaatari camp in north Jordan. The camp accommodates about 150,000 people who have fled the fighting in Syria. The aim of the visit is to see at first hand the conditions of the Syrian refugees in Jordan and assess the results of the massive Italian and European Union humanitarian efforts in the country. <\/P>
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Italy working on new refugee camps<\/STRONG><\/P> Italy is working with the Jordanian Government to build a new camp, announced Minister Bonino. \u201cCompared with many other camps I\u2019ve seen, Al Zaatri has good facilities. But in terms of size it\u2019s the equivalent of a city, and some services \u2013 security, for example \u2013 are problematic. The camp is getting organised from an administrative and registration point of view, and is working on schools and hospitals\u201d. Italian aid has made a significant contribution to this effort. However, as the Minister continued, \u201cthe situation is not simple and could get worse if the flow of refugees increased \u2013 flows that it wouldn\u2019t be able to support\u201d. For this reason, work has begun on a new camp in Azraq to receive new refugees. <\/P> Appeal to Italians: let\u2019s help the refugees<\/STRONG><\/P> The minister launched a appeal to the Italian people for donations to help Syrians, especially women and children, who are living in extremely difficult conditions. \u201cWe are all aware of the situation in Italy\u201d, commented Bonino, \u201cbut we need to make a joint effort. I believe that in times of crisis people become more inward-looking, but I believe too that the generosity and understanding of the Italian people can be awakened. And when Italians are inf<\/A>ormed of emergency situations their response has always been extraordinary\u201d. The Minister\u2019s goal is to organise a fund-raising campaign with the help of the press and the UNICEF Committee.<\/P> Over 2 million euros from Italian Development Cooperation <\/STRONG><\/P> Minister Bonino and Commissioner Georgieva are also visiting the Italian-Jordanian field hospital, the UNICEF school, the women\u2019s centre run by the United Nations and the World Food Programme\u2019s food distribution centre. After Lebanon, Jordan has the second highest number of refugees, at nearly half a million. Italian Development Cooperation has already allocated over 2 million euros to Jordan and the field hospital we provided can treat up to 100 people a day. During her visit, Minister Bonino will hand over some of the medical kits sent recently by Italian Development Cooperation to meet the camp\u2019s needs.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the European Commission for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid, Kristalina Georgieva, Foreign Minister Emma Bonino is visiting the Al Zaatari camp in north Jordan. The camp accommodates about 150,000 people who have fled the fighting in Syria. The aim of the visit is to see at first hand the conditions of the Syrian refugees […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,6,76],"class_list":["post-16544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-diritti-umani","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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