Jordanians and Syrians living in Jordan hold Syrian and Russian flags and shout slogans against the Syrian Revolution during a Demonstration in support of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, as Syrian refugees protest against al-Assad near the Syrian embassy in Amman July 19, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)
The UN refugee agency UNHRC said Friday there was a steady flow of Syrians entering Jordan to flee violence back home, adding it had registered 35,000 of them so far who have come to the kingdom.
"The numbers of Syrian refugees coming to Jordan are fairly steady. We have received around 2,500 people who arrived in the past four days," UNHCR representative in Jordan, Andrew Harper, told AFP.
"The number of UNHCR-registered Syrian refugees in Jordan has reached 35,000 so far. It is a very small proportion of the total number of Syrians who are in the country."Jordan is hosting more than 140,000 Syrians and is building several refugee camps for them.
Jordan said it is dealing cautiously with developments inside Syria. "I cannot say things on the border are normal but there is nothing unusual," Information Minister and government spokesman Samih Maaytah told AFP.
"Jordan is dealing cautiously with any development inside Syria. The army and security services are acting calmly and wisely in line with the current situation." Syrian rebels have seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders, while up to 30,000 Syrians have fled into Lebanon over the past 48 hours, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
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