Jordan on Sunday opened its first official refugee camp to help host tens of thousands of Syrians who have fled the mounting violence in its northern neighbour. “I hope the ordeal of our Syrian brothers will vanish,” Interior Minister Ghaleb Zubi told reporters as he and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh opened the Zaatari camp, which can take up to 120,000 refugees, in Mafraq near the border with Syria. Judeh said between 1,000 and 2,000 Syrians are fleeing to Jordan every day. Judeh said Jordan is now hosting more than 142,000 Syrians, around 36,000 of whom are UN-registered.
