Syria: 32 children died of cold in refugee camp – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

At least 32 children and newborns have died in the last two months, mainly hypothermia, When they fled the violence against the Al Hol IDP camp in northern Syria, or shortly after reaching that enclave, they warned the police of the violence. World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef).

The agency denounced the deterioration of the situation in this area in the province of Hasaka, 23,000 people arrived in just two months – "mostly women and children" – who have fled fighting in rural areas of the nearby Deir Ezzor region.

Many of them arrive in Al Hol after walking for days or traveling in open-air trucks, at the mercy of winter temperatures. Thousands of displaced people were also forced to sleep several nights in the open after their arrival in the reception centers and the first surveillance zones. explained the WHO in a statement.

Helena storm keeps much of our country on alert against wind, rain, snow … Can you imagine having nothing to protect yourself?
A lot #children fromSiria and the region has been suffering for weeks under such conditions in IDP camps. They need us: https://t.co/BoaTmWcC8q pic.twitter.com/eS9PWcTfnv

– UNICEF Advisory Committee (@unicef_es) February 1, 2019

The situation is therefore "critical" in an enclave that has tripled its population in just two months, from 10,000 to 33,000 people. Officials are unable to confront those living in the camp and provide for those who arrive "underfed and exhausted", often fleeing areas controlled for years by the terrorist group "Islamic State".