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The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on Jordan: In Reference to the Regime’s Structural Deficits

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The Levant in Turmoil

Part of the book series: The Modern Muslim World ((MMUS))

Abstract

Toward the end of 2014, the death toll of the Syrian civil war had already risen to 191,369 cases (United Nations Human Rights 2014); more than 3.8 million people1 have been forced to leave their homes and to flee to safer places outside of Syria (UNHCR 2015). With an average of 6,000 people escaping every day, aid agencies are warning that this refugee crisis could be the worst the twenty-first century has yet seen (Ensor 2014). According to the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees, Ant ó nio Guterres, a refugee outflow has not been seen “[…] at such a frightening rate since the Rwandan genocide almost 20 years ago” (UNHCR 2013a).

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Hüser, S. (2016). The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on Jordan: In Reference to the Regime’s Structural Deficits. In: Beck, M., Jung, D., Seeberg, P. (eds) The Levant in Turmoil. The Modern Muslim World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137526021_5

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