A day in the life of a Syria refugee

Today about 70,000 Syria refugees are living in the Zaiatari refugee camp in northern Jordan – and thousands more are arriving each week.

03/02/13 2,749 Views 5 Comments

SOME 70,000 SYRIAN refugees now live at the Za’atari camp in northern Jordan.

Unicef says that thousands more refugees – many of them children – arrive each week.

Konady Kone, a Unicef camp manager, has put together a video showing the conditions refugees face every day.

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A day in the life of a Syria refugee