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Water delivered regularly to refugees across border — UNICEF

By Khetam Malkawi - Jul 10,2016 - Last updated at Jul 10,2016

AMMAN — Water  has been delivered to refugees stranded across Jordan’s borders with Syria “without interruption” since Wednesday, a UNICEF official said on Sunday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Jordan Times that water is being delivered to the makeshift camp in cooperation with Jordanian authorities, and that the supply will continue. The official added that each refugee is now receiving five to six litres of water per day.

Jordan declared the area a closed military zone after a terrorist attack in late June targeted a military post near the border, killing seven soldiers and injuring 13 others.

According to the UN, more than 85,000 Syrian refugees are stranded at Rakban settlement in the no-man’s-land between Jordan and Syria.

Jordan has been one of the primary hosts for Syrian refugees since the crisis in Syria began in 2011. According to government figures, there are some 1.3 million Syrians in the Kingdom, only half of whom are registered with the UNHCR.

The direct cost of hosting Syrian refugees between 2011 and 2016 has reached $7.1 billion, including education, electricity, water and subsidised products, according to Minister of State for Media Affairs Mohammad Momani.

 

Support identified and requested to meet the government’s demands and host communities’ needs for 2012-2016 has been estimated at $11.5 billion, while the actual support received was $3.3 billion, Momani told The Jordan Times in a recent interview.

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