Jordan blocks 50,000 Syrian refugees near border

Jordan : Syrians Held in Desert Face Crisis

Satellite Imagery Confirms Thousands in Remote Border Zone.
Jordan is blocking thousands of Syrian asylum seekers at its northeastern border region in deplorable conditions, Human Rights Watch said today. Satellite images taken on December 5, 2015, confirm that thousands of people are stuck in remote desert areas just inside Jordan’s border with Syria.

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12,000 people stranded at Syria-Jordan border in deteriorating conditions

UNHCR recognizes the tremendous contribution of Jordan in hosting over 630,000 refugees, which has put a heavy strain on its infrastructure and economy. We also acknowledge the serious impact of the Syria conflict on Jordan’s security.

▻http://www.unhcr.org/5666d4816.html

The Syrians Stuck in No Man’s Land

Twelve thousand refugees are battling disease and exhaustion in a barren stretch of desert along the Jordanian-Syrian border.

▻http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/12/10/the-syrians-stuck-in-no-mans-land

Jordan says 16,000 Syrian refugees stranded on border

Jordan said Monday that some 16,000 Syrian refugees are stranded in a remote desert area along its border, up from 12,000 a week ago.

Government spokesman Mohammed Momani told The Associated Press that the refugees are being “carefully monitored” by authorities and have received tents, heaters, food and medicine from U.N. and other aid organizations. He said there are clinics supported by international agencies and the Jordanian military.

Many of the refugees have spent weeks or months in what aid agencies say are deteriorating humanitarian conditions. In December, Human Rights Watch said satellite images of “the berm” showed at least 20,000 refugees and the U.N. refugee agency urged Jordan to allow them to enter.

▻http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-3394103/Jordan-says-16-000-Syrian-refugees-stranded-border.html

Number of Syrian refugees on Jordan border reaches 20,000

The number of Syrian refugees stranded on Jordan’s border and waiting for permission to enter has risen to 20,000, with 4,000 to 5,000 more arriving in the remote desert area every month, the head of the U.N. refugee agency in the kingdom said Sunday.

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Jordan blocks 50,000 Syrian refugees near border

Amman is stranding approximately 50,000 Syrian refugees near the country’s border with Syria, according to multiple UN officials who provided this exclusive information to Al-Monitor. The number of trapped Syrians in Ruqban and Hadalat is nearly double what has been previously reported to be around 26,000 on Feb. 29. Al-Monitor has obtained confidential documents by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which show that 53% of the Syrians who have been blocked in this isolated desert are minors.

▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/04/jordan-syria-refugees-border-blocks-medical-care-unhcr.html

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