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In Zaatari Refugee Camp, Numerous Babies Are Born Every Day And Go Unnoticed By World

July 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

International media descended on London for the much anticipated arrival of the Duchess of Cambridge’s royal offspring Monday. But amid the baby mania, some pointed out that in the time it took for Kate Middleton to give birth, women in refugee camps around the world were also becoming new moms, albeit with much less fanfare.

As we obsess over #RoyalBaby don’t forget 10-12 Syrian babies born each day as refugees in #Jordan‘s #Zaatari http://t.co/5adFCBiXZg #Syria

— Joseph Willits (@josephwillits) July 22, 2013

UN: Spike in number of Syrians fleeing to Jordan

January 22, 2013 Bartle Doo Leave a comment

The U.N. refugee agency in Jordan says there has been a spike in the number of Syrians fleeing the civil war at home and crossing into Jordan.

UNHCR‘s representative Andrew Harper says about 3,000 Syrians have entered Jordan every night for the past 5 days.

Harper said Tuesday the spike is due to intensified shelling, fighting and the “desperate situation” in Syria‘s southern villages.

He says Jordan‘s Zaatari refugee camp is filling up quickly and that the UNHCR is running out of money to expand and set up other camps.

Harper expressed hope the upcoming conference in Kuwait on January 30 will raise funds for Syrian refugees.

Jordan hosts more than 300,000 Syrians. About one-fifth of them are housed in Zaatari while the rest live among the local communities.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News

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