01 June 2013

Jordan Swamped ~ Refugee Influx Overwhelms...

PBS reports on how Jordan Struggles with Next Door's Chaos and Influx of Syrian Refugees...
"More refugees continue to pour into the Hashemite kingdom every day, and this has put an enormous strain on Jordan. It's a relatively poor country that already hosts hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Iraq war and more than two million Palestinian refugees who have come in various waves over the past 65 years. Last week, the country took out a $150 million dollars World Bank loan to deal with the refugee crisis, and King Abdullah made a plea for help at a World Economic Forum."

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