Jordan has taken on the bulk of these refugees, housing as many as 550,000 Syrians. Proportionally, that would be like the United States suddenly opening its borders and allowing 25 million people in.
This Syrian refugee camp is now Jordan's fifth largest city with as many as 122'000 Syrians.
Take a moment, and think about something you can do! Can you help with what’s most important: food or medicine?
This is the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan
This map illustrates satellite-detected shelters and other buildings at the Al Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq Governorate, Jordan. As of 26 April 2015 a total of 29,231 shelters were detected as well as 1,966 infrastructure and support buildings within the 534.4 hectares of the camp. Between 11 November 2014 and 26 April 2015, a total of 2,676 shelters closed or were moved, and a total of 2,723 shelters were constructed, and the number of shelters has thus decreased by about 12 since the previous UNITAR/UNOSAT assessment.