Citizens in the occupied Girê Spî Canton, like citizens in other parts of Syria occupied by the Turkish state, are living under difficult conditions. Basic needs, including bread and water and fuel, are expensive.

In Girê Spî, where there is a security weakness, crimes against the local people keep continuing. Poor conditions force citizens to leave their houses and migrate to nearby Autonomous Administration areas such as Raqqa and its rural areas.

According to the information revealed by the Girê Spî Canton Council to our correspondent yesterday, 256 families have come to the Autonomous Administration region from Girê Spî in the last 3 months.

Families that arrived in the Autonomous Administration region came from Girê Spî city centre, Silûk town, the Zeydî village and other parts of the canton.

MERCENARIES REPLACE LOCAL PEOPLE

Hezaa Mihemed, Co-Chair of the Girê Spî Canton Council, told our agency that the oppression and immoral practices of the occupiers against citizens in the occupied regions have increased.

Mihemed pointed out that the goal of the invaders was to replace the original inhabitants of the region and to change the demographic structure of the region. Mihemed noted that the goods and properties of the displaced people were distributed to the mercenary groups.

Mihemed emphasized that the Turkish state and its mercenaries easily committed crimes in the occupied areas, adding that “the unresponsiveness of the international forces paves the way for the atrocities”.

FAMILIES GO TO RAQQA

Mihemed shared the following information concerning the migrants coming from the occupied regions to the Autonomous Administration regions: “There are 6,800 migrants from Girê Spi in the Til Semin Camp and the camp cannot take care of more migrants. Thus, newly arrived migrants are going to Raqqa and its rural areas. There is a kinship between them and the families and tribes of Raqqa. In this way, they can meet their needs.”

PROTESTS STARTED ON JUNE 14-17

On June 14 and 17, local people in Girê Spî protested bad conditions, lack of security and high cost of living. Protestors demanded that mercenary groups not control the supply of basic needs such as water and bread.

100,000 PEOPLE CAME TO AUTONOMOUS ADMINISTRATION AREAS

The cities of Girê Spî and Serêkaniyê were occupied in October 2019 by the Turkish state and its mercenaries. According to the Girê Spî Canton Council's data, more than 100 thousand people out of 170 thousand original inhabitants of the canton migrated to Raqqa, Tabqa, Kobanê and its rural areas in the first year of the occupation.

Of these, 6,800 people are currently staying in the Girê Spi Migrants Camp (Til Semin), which was built by the Autonomous Administration on October 22, 2019 near the village of Til Semin (35 km north of Raqqa).