Camp Profile - Areesheh, Al-Hasakeh Governorate, Syria - November 2017

Summary

This profile provides a multisectoral needs overview and summarises the infrastructure and services present in Areesheh Camp. Primary data was collected between 3 and 4 December 2017 through 109 randomly sampled household interviews, allowing for representative findings with a 95% confidence level and 10% margin of error. Additional information was provided by interviews with camp management and direct field observation.

Camp Overview

/ # of individuals: 20,0001
/ # of shelters: 3,000
First arrivals: June 2017
Avg. residency duration: 10 weeks
Camp area: 0.66 km

The camp hosts Syrian Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) only, the majority of whom are from Deir-ezZor governorate (99%) with Mayadin (42%) and Deir-ez-Zor (27%) the most common subdistricts of origin.

The camp is divided into a regular grid layout, with some residents living beyond the camp to the North.