Displaced Saudi nationals with lost official ID cards have urged the government to set up special offices at evacuee camps in the Jizan region to help them with any administrative problems. Abdullah Hashem Hazzazi was refused entry into an evacuee camp recently because he lost his identity documents when the government ordered urgent evacuation of his village along the border with Yemen after the infiltrator attack on Nov. 4. Hazzazi was evacuated from the Al-Qarn village, in Al-Khubah province, to the Ahad Al-Masareha evacuee camp. “When I arrived at the camp, I realized that I had lost my official identification documents. My son Muhammad told me that there were copies of the documents at his school. He brought them and I presented them to the Civil Defense officials, who then allowed us into the camp,” he said. Hazzazi said he must now apply for a new official ID card. All this could be made easier if the government sets up a special office to help evacuees deal with such problems, he suggested. However, he said that he knew this could not be done overnight. “I think that I have to be patient until the situation changes,” he said. Other evacuees have called on the authorities to provide more sanitation facilities, especially for women and children Too few bathrooms for over 3,000 evacuees at the camp create frustration, one evacuee said. Ayesha Saleh, a Saudi evacuee who left her home in Abu Hager village about 25 km from Al-Khubah, told Saudi Gazette she had to wait more than 35 minutes to have the chance to go to the bathroom . “As you can see there are only 25 bathrooms for 3,000 evacuees. Most of them are women and children. This is simply not enough to supply the needs of showering and cleaning. I hope they will add more bathrooms, especially for the women and children” she said. Meanwhile, another evacuee Ahmed Al-Kaaby from Al-Ghawiya village, had to deal with the loss of his car after he claims he had an accident fleeing from bombing close to his area. “Unfortunately I lost my car in a big accident near my home. While I was driving toward my home, I heard a big sound of bombing behind me. As a result of that I drove the wrong way and overturned my car. It is badly damaged,” he said. “I decided to take my family to the camp after being ordered to do so by the Saudi military. Now I am fighting to find a source of living for my family” he added. Al-Kaaby added that his children did not like the tents at first but now they are used to it.
