UAE to set up camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

By IANS/WAM,

Amman : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will establish a camp for Syrian refugees at Jordan’s Mafraq city.


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This was announced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, chairman of the Red Crescent Authority (RCA), Monday.

“Humanitarian situation of Syrian refugees in Jordan is getting worse and we should move quickly to secure decent living along with medical and relief services especially to women and children,” Sheikh Hamdan said during a tour of the UAE-Jordan Mobile Hospital.

The first phase of the four-phase Emirates camp would accommodate 2,700 refugees and would be jointly run by the UAE RCA and its Jordanian counterpart, he said.

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