Monday, 30 July, 2012
Jordan opens its door to first refugee camp for Syria
With fighting continuing in Aleppo and across Syria, many people have fled across the country’s borders with Lebanon, Turkey and even Iraq. The situation has become so serious in Jordan that the government there and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees has opened a new camp. Its the first such refugee camp in the country for many decades. WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Melissa Fleming from the UNHCR:
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