Which country hosts the most Syrian Refugees?

[Jaga]

Which country hosts about 700,000 refugees out of 4 mln Syrian population?

hint: this country is NOT in Europe
this country is quite small


All this talk about Europe being flooded by refugees and good American Christians, like three times married Trump, who does not want to allow any refugees and Muslims to enter here.... obliterates a fact of the tragedy of these people

[pieter]

Probably Lebanon, because it has long borders with Syria and the same ethnic groups. Sunni Muslims, Allawite Muslims, Shia Muslims, Arab Christians and Druze people. The Lebanese Hezbollah is actively engaged in the Syrian civil war. So do Salafist Sunni-Muslim fighters from Lebanese cities like Tripoli and Beirut. I hope that Lebanon will be spared a second bloody civil war. The Lebanese civil war took place from 1975 until 1990.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanese_civil_war

[pieter]

It can be Jordan too! Jordan hosts a lot of Syrian and Iraqi refugees. And next to that fact a large part of the Jordanian population consists of Palestinians. These Palestinians are descendants of Palestinian refugees from 1948 or 1967. Turkey had a lot of Syrian refugees too.

[Jaga]

Pieter, yes, it is Jordan. Unfortunately it looks that Jordan cannot accept anymore refugees. See the article:
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/12/jordan-risk-of-humanitarian-disaster-as-12000-refugees-from-syria-stranded-in-no-mans-land/

Jordan: Risk of humanitarian disaster as 12,000 refugees from Syria stranded in ‘no man’s land’

The authorities have given no official reason why they are refusing access to the refugees. Since 2011 Jordan has granted refuge to more than 632,000 Syrian refugees but its policy on allowing those fleeing the conflict has become increasingly restrictive.

Jordan is one of five countries in the region hosting 95% of refugees from Syria and is struggling to cope with the added strain of this influx. Only 52% of Jordan’s humanitarian funding requirements for refugees have been met by international donors and the authorities are calling on the international community to substantially increase their commitments.

[pieter]

The tensions between the Jordanian Beduin and Palestinian population on one side and the refugees from Syria and Iraq on the other side will grow. The united nations and Jordan aren't able to control large Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. They are like small towns or cities with their own hierarchies, gangs and organised crime. There is huge corruption there and human trafficking, molests and rapes take place there. Some families marry their young daughter (s) to older men to save the family honour and to get rid of the tension of constantly guarding the virginity and safety of their daughters.

Clans, militia and parties dominate in the camp like they did in Syria. The situation is tense and insecure for the refugees there.

As of August 2014, the United Nations had registered 619,000 refugees in Jordan, with over 80,000 registered in the refugee camp Za’atri.

Approximately 80 percent of Syrian refugees in Jordan live in urban areas in the north of Jordan, while the remaining 20 percent live in the Za’atari, Marjeeb al-Fahood, Cyber City and Al-Azraq camps.










Northern Jordan has been dramatically altered by the Syrian civil war. Since the uprising began in March 2011 right across the border in the city of Deraa, Jordanians have experienced the conflict via the thousands that have crossed into their country through the towns of Jabir and Ramtha.

Many residents of Northern Jordan feel as Syrian as they are Jordanian – they have lived and married together, crossing the border easily. When the conflict first began, many Syrians went to Jordan to stay with relatives – many didn’t consider themselves “refugees.” Yet as the war escalated, the situation became critical: Syrians without relatives in Jordan began to cross the border.



Local NGOs such as Islamic Relief began to assist as Syrians opted to stay and work in Northern Jordan, housing refugees and assisting those whose savings were dwindling. Yet the Jordanian government didn’t officially recognize the growing refugee crisis until 2012, when increased fighting saw an average of 1000 people a day crossing the border. To cope, Za’atari refugee camp was set up in July 2012 in a windswept desert.

Riots have broken out since the camp’s creation and extreme weather in January 2013 caused extreme flooding. Nevertheless, NGOs and aid agencies are trying to improve the camp’s condition as the conflict rages on.