Since May 23rd the drinking water is again cut in Choucha Camp. Drinking water as the most basic need of human beings must urgently be provided to the refugees at all time in the camp. We understand this act as an attempt to force the remaining refugees and rejected asylum seekers out of the camp. We deeply condem this act as it is seriously threating the lives of hundreds of remaining persons. Refugees have also reported that those waiting for their Resettlement to the USA were asked to be hosted in other cities until their departure. They refused leaving the camp, supporting like this the remaining refugees that are not willing to engage in the local integration nor to leave the camp voluntarily before a solution to their situation is found.
In addition to this, refugees have been threatened by the local population in Ben Guerdan, when they went there to buy necessities or trying to find small jobs. They had to jump into taxis and return to the camp, fearing that they might be beaten up by the crowd. As the services in the Camp are being cut down, refugees and asylum seekers need to go to the city, but feel closed in in the camp following the recent incidents in Ben Guerdan.
