IRC International Rescue Committee [to 18 July 2015]
http://www.rescue.org/press-release-index

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International Rescue Committee Deploying Emergency Response Team to Lesbos, Greece
14 Jul 2015
:: IRC teams will develop infrastructure to provide access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) for refugees on Lesbos with focus on local hiring and sourcing
:: IRC CEO: “Europe setting example of the wrong kind.”
:: European Countries Should Provide Aid to Support Refugees

New York, July 13, 2015 – The International Rescue Committee (IRC), a leading crisis-focused humanitarian relief and resettlement organization, is deploying a team to the Greek island of Lesbos to provide refugees there with urgently needed access to water and sanitation. The organization is also calling on European countries to support refugee relief efforts.

The 1,000 refugees arriving on the shores of Lesbos daily – sixty percent of whom are fleeing the Syrian crisis – have often had to walk approximately 40 miles to the nearest “transit” camp. However, neither the camp, nor communities along the route, have adequate water or sanitation facilities to accommodate the refugees. As a result, public health risks are high, most notably in Kara Tepe Camp where many toilets are inoperable…