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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Tom Ambrose

Nine out of 10 people in Syrian camps have been displaced multiple times

Children  at a displacement camp for earthquake survivors in the Syrian town of Darat Izza near Aleppo.
Children at a displacement camp for earthquake survivors in the Syrian town of Darat Izza near Aleppo. Photograph: Juma Mohammad/Rex/Shutterstock

Nine out of 10 people living in the squalid camps for the internally displaced in north-west Syria have been made homeless multiple times, according to a new survey.

February’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, which killed tens of thousands of people, compounded an already desperate situation with an estimated 98% of Syrians living in camps left without safe shelter, according to a report by Action for Humanity (AFH).

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