Growing restrictions, tough conditions: The plight of those fleeing Syria to Jordan

Amnesty International has looked closely at the challenges faced by refugees in Jordan and,  in particular, those in Za’atri camp, the largest for refugees from Syria in Jordan. It has  investigated how the refugees have to contend not only with harsh desert-like living conditions but also high levels of criminality and other security-related fears that has led, for instance, to many women and girls being afraid to use the camp’s toilets at night. It describes how the Jordanian authorities’ temporary retention of their identity documents has meant that refugees have been unable to register their marriages and the births of their children. Other concerns include the fact that most refugee children are not going to school and that people have to walk kilometres to access health and other services.