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Inside the UAE-funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp in Syria

Pictures of a newly opened camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan

Syrian refugees are seen outside a row of portacabins at the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa. The seven-million-dinar ($9.8-million) camp which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to 5,500 people, was paid for by the United Arab Emirates

Syrian refugees are seen outside a row of portacabins at the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa. The seven-million-dinar ($9.8-million) camp which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to 5,500 people, was paid for by the United Arab Emirates

UAE Ambassador to Jordan Abdullah Nasser Al Ameri (L) talks with Syrian refugee children as he tours the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa, with several resident ambassadors. The seven-million-dinar ($9.8-million) camp which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to 5,500 people, was paid for by the United Arab Emirates

Syrian refugee children sit inside a portacabin at the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

Majed Sultan bin Sulieman (R), the Red Crescent relief director of the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa, gives a tour of the camp to UAE Ambassador to Jordan Abdullah Nasser Al Ameri (2R) and several resident ambassadors

A Syrian refugee plays with a toy donated by the UAE Red Crescent at the newly built UAE funded Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

Syrians sort through boxes of clothes donated by the UAE Red Crescent which are to be given to refugees arriving at the newly built UAE funded Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

UAE Red Crescent staff monitor security cameras at the newly built Mrigeb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

Syrian refugee children play on the swings at the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

Majed Sultan bin Sulieman (R), the Red Crescent relief director of the newly built UAE funded Mrigb al-Fuhud refugee camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa

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