Human Rights Watch accused Jordan Wednesday of leaving hundreds of Syrian refugees stranded in the desert along its border with little access to aid after closing informal frontier crossings. "Jordanian authorities have severely restricted" the movement since March of refugees fleeing the war in Syria, the watchdog said. It said it had analysed satellite imagery that showed large build-ups of refugees stranded just inside Jordanian territory after informal border crossings were shut.
06-05-2015, 12:01 PM
Jordan stranding hundreds of Syria refugees in desert: HRW
Human Rights Watch accused Jordan Wednesday of leaving hundreds of Syrian refugees stranded in the desert along its border with little access to aid after closing informal frontier crossings. "Jordanian authorities have severely restricted" the movement since March of refugees fleeing the war in Syria, the watchdog said. It said it had analysed satellite imagery that showed large build-ups of refugees stranded just inside Jordanian territory after informal border crossings were shut.
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