U.N Roundup: Syria’s Neighbors Speak Up: bit.ly/1bGAmYJ Jordan has been inundated by more than 525,000 Syrian refugees, with Zaatari, a camp along the Jordan-Syria border, now the fourth most populous “city” in the country. The influx has strained the already-stretched Jordanian economy to its limit, an issue to which Abdullah has previously called attention. At the U.N., he warned that his country’s hospitality has its limits. “Jordanians have opened their arms, to those in need, as we have always done,” he reminded the assembly. “But I say here and now that my people cannot be asked to shoulder the burden of what is a regional and global challenge.”
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 20:48:09 +0000
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