We were joined by Sophie, Sofie and Ricky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T1EzlqXJdk
Just as we arrived to the camp riot police also turned up and marched through camp in full protective gear. The tense atmosphere was palpable and we needed to decide what to do for the best. Whilst unloading our medical kit we spotted two men, limping and blood stained, supported on either side by their friends with an IRC person who was trying to find a doctor. She explained that they had been stabbed the previous night in the queue for registration.
This was the only incidence of violence we had come across so far which, given the horrendous conditions people are having to endure, was quite surprising but nevertheless shocking.
We took them past the riot police and through security gates into a different part of the compound where some of the doctors were stationed. We observed the police taking refugees' whole hand prints for the registration process.
One man told us he had been there 48 hrs already but had no idea where to access information and had lost faith in the numbered queueing system as people were paying to jump the queue.
There was very little visible presence of any NGOs in this camp.
We created some shade for our pop up clinic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff2od7h-Ulk
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