The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee's Humanitarian Coordinator for Jordan says he is seeing Syrian refugees pouring into Jordan from further and further distances--as far away as Hama--crossing inhospitable terrain in search of safety.
Syrian Exodus through Eastern Jordan
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Most of the refugees coming into Jordan from the east are children. These have just been loaded on a Jordanian Border Patrol truck to be moved to safety.
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Rasha, age 8, fled Homs in her pajamas after her house was shelled. She travelled for 12 days to reach the Jordan border.
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6 year-old Nisreen starting her 450 km trip to her new home as a refugee from the remote eastern Jordan-Syria border.
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Sunset at a remote refugee reception area close to the Syria-Jordan-Iraq borders. Access is only by four-wheel drive vehicles--in good condition.