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People over 60 make up around 3% of the camp population, which suggests older people are unwilling or unable to leave Syria. The camp is overcrowded and a lack of access to food has been reported. The main refugee camp in the north of Jordan, Za'atari camp, hosts over 144,000 refugees - more than half of them having arrived during February 2013. Pascale Fritsch, HelpAge's Emergencies Health and Nutrition Advisor recently met Syrian refugees living in cities in northern Jordan and found a clear need for community services for older, disabled and other vulnerable people, with more work required to train community health workers, volunteers and home-based carers. This group - estimated at about 75% of the refugee population - is relying heavily on the support of their Jordanian neighbours. Many Syrian refugees are leaving the camps to move to urban areas, joining thousands of other refugees who are already living in cities along the northern border between Syria and Jordan.
#Handicap international jordan registration#
There are currently about 313,000 refugees either registered or awaiting registration inside Jordan, with an estimated additional 87,000 refugees unregistered.
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A reported 50,000 individuals are waiting at the border to cross with 1,500 more arriving each day. In Jordan, the number of refugees arriving daily has dramatically increased over the last month. The conflict in Syria has exposed the population to unprecedented levels of violence. We're working in Jordan to support vulnerable groups affected by the conflict in Syria. We are using our joint expertise to identify the needs of the most vulnerable, including older people and people with disabilities, to ensure their access to essential relief services, and to look at the best ways of providing further assistance to them.
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HelpAge International is currently collaborating with Handicap International on its response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan.