UN want access to Ghouta and Afrin

geneva - The United Nations has requested full access Tuesday to citizens who need help in and outside the Syrian region of East Ghouta. In recent days, 50,000 people have fled the besieged area. Another 104,000 people have been expelled from home by the fighting in the northern Afrin. 'These people have left with nothing and they need everything, from clothing to shelter,' said a spokesperson for the UNHCR refugee organization.

70 percent of the 50,000 people who were evacuated from East Ghouta are women and children. Many children suffer from diarrhea and respiratory problems, scabies and lice, UNICEF warned. The children's fund estimates that there are still 100,000 people in Afrin, half of whom are children.

The same number, according to the International Red Cross, fled from Tal Rifat, Zahraa and Nubul. Many could no longer take the clothes that they were wearing. The aid organization sent a convoy with goods to Tall Rifat on Tuesday. In fourteen trucks, clothing, blankets, kitchen equipment, hygiene packages, lamps, buckets and water were brought.

Earlier things were already delivered in Zahraa and nearby Nubul. Nevertheless, there is a shortage of everything in the region. The Red Cross hopes to be able to bring medicines and food in the coming days. The need is also high in Afrin.