The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee's Humanitarian Coordinator for Jordan says he is seeing Syrian refugees pouring into Jordan from further and further distances--as far away as Hama--crossing inhospitable terrain in search of safety.
Syrian Exodus through Eastern Jordan
![Of the estimated 450,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan, more than 360,000 are registered or waiting registration with UNHCR, Amman.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8F8D7FF1-0048-49DE-BA37-9D435D17979C_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Of the estimated 450,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan, more than 360,000 are registered or waiting registration with UNHCR, Amman.
![101 year-old Atfa, a Syrian refugee who passed away in the Zaatri refugee camp in Jordan. He had fled Syria only ten days earlier.](https://gdb.voanews.com/72580FFC-65F2-49D3-9D1E-049FCD63CB03_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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101 year-old Atfa, a Syrian refugee who passed away in the Zaatri refugee camp in Jordan. He had fled Syria only ten days earlier.