The United Nations refugee agency says the number of Syrians fleeing to neighboring countries is swelling, signaling what could be an impending mass movement and a regional crisis.
In Jordan, 10,200 refugees arrived during the past week, twice as many as the week before. Jordan was already providing shelter to an estimated 150,000 Syrians.
Spokeswoman Melissa Fleming of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees says the new arrivals at the Za’atri camp in northern Jordan are mainly from Syria’s southern flashpoint area of Daraa. She says refugees reported “being bombed as they were trying to cross” the border.
“We do believe that this could be the start of a much la
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