Jordan Sets Up Desert Refugee Camp To Ammodate 120,000 Syrians

The camp will eventually be able to house 100,000 people

Jordan's Desert Camp For Syrian Refugees -- BBC

A dry, hot wind blows across the Jordanian desert, coating a freshly pitched city of tents with a fine film of dust.

"No-one would want to live in a tent here," admits Andrew Harper, head of the UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, in Jordan.

But for hundreds of Syrians fleeing across the border every day, Jordan's first official refugee camp is their only safe haven from the growing violence at home.

On Saturday night, nearly 2,000 Syrians are reported to have made the increasingly dangerous escape to Jordan, marking what officials describe as a dramatic increase in the exodus.

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More News On Jordan Establishing A Desert Camp For Syrian Refugees

Jordan, UNHCR open first tent camp for Syrians fleeing violence -- Washington Post/AP
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Jordan opens first camp for Syrian refugees -- Al Bawaba
Jordan opens first Syrian refugee camp with capacity for 120,000 -- Haaretz, DPA
Syrian refugees flood into Jordan's first official camp -- BBC