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Where's the aid? Syrian refugees in Jordan ask

A day after a Swiss humanitarian envoy praised efforts to help Syrian refugees in the town of Mafraq, north of Amman, refugees told RFI that they are not receiving enough food.

Reuters/Ali Jarekji
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Manuel Bessler of the Federal Council for Swiss Humanitarian Aid visited the town in the north of Jordan, which along with the town of Ramtha, houses the majority of Syrians who have fled across the border.

Jordanian state news agencies and media reported that Bessler pledged his government's support and a donation of up to 4.6 million Jordanian dinars (4.9 million euros), which will be added to the increasing funds provided from countries across the world, particularly from the Gulf States.

Yet a Syrian family living in Mafraq told RFI that, although they are thankful for the shelter provided by the Jordanian government, the rations that they have received are not enough to sustain them.

“They went the day before yesterday, and they gave them one kilo of lentils, one kilo of rice, six small cans of beans and a little bit of dates," they said.

The food was to last 11 people 15 days.

Aid is coordinated via the civil society umbrella group, the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organisation, and distributed to the refugees in Mafraq via three organisations; Latine, Al Kitab wal Sunnah and Merkez Islami. The last of the three is connected to the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.

The Jordanian government claims that 100,000 Syrians have crossed into Jordan after fleeing the Assad regime since March 2011.

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