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| UAE-funded camp for refugees opens |
| 2013-04-11 |
| AMMAN — Jordan opened a second camp for Syrian refugees on Wednesday after the United Nations said the number seeking shelter in the kingdom is expected to triple by the end of the year. The seven-million-dinar ($9.8-million) camp was paid for by the United Arab Emirates. A first group of 106 refugees, who were among 1,306 who crossed the border during the night, were moved to the new Mrigeb Al Fuhud camp, government spokesman for Syrian refugee affairs, Anmar Hmud, told The 5,200-hectare camp, some 80 kilometres northeast of Amman, has 750 caravans, a hospital and a school and can take up to 5,500 people. “It will mainly receive widows, orphans and families who do not have single men Jordan opened a first camp at Zaatari in the desert north of the kingdom in July last year. It now houses more than 150,000 Syrian refugees. The UN estimates that around 385,500 Syrians have sought refuge in Jordan. |
| Posted by:Steve White |