More Syrian refugees’ influx into Jordan

With the continuing influx of the Syrian refugees into Jordan via the 375-kms long fron borders, about 9091 syrian refugees crossed the borders this week including 1613 refugees who have already arrived in the past 24 hours mostly children , women , elderly and scores of other patients and injured, an official source at the general command of the Jordanian armed forces said in a press statement on Friday. The source added that first aid were provided to the emergency cases through the medical cadres operating at the front border points whereas the rest of the other cases were transferred to the military and civilian hospitals . The other refugees were secured via the military transport channels to the previously prepared accommodation and shelter centres for them. They were among the latest Syrian refugees to cross into Jordan, which is reeling beneath the weight of the escalating refugee crisis. Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq are under similar duress. The financially strapped Jordan has repeatedly warned that it cannot handle the growing influx of Syrian refugees , now approaching 500,000, according to Jordanian government estimates. Many refugees arrive with physical wounds; others are psychologically traumatized. Most have few, if any, material possessions. Aid officials worry that Jordan could face a human deluge should an all-out battle break out for control of Damascus, less than 75 miles to the north and under periodic attack from rebels based in the Syrian capital’s outskirts. Yet plans to open new camps have stumbled amid a funding shortfall. The United Nations has received less than one-third of the $1.5 billion pledged by the international community.