A new life outside Syria
Syrian refugee children play on swings at the Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa.
The new camp has received about 2,500 Syrian refugees so far, according to the Red Crescent Society of the United Arab Emirates. This figure represents just a fraction of the 1.4 million people who the United Nations says have now fled war-torn Syria for neighbouring countries.
Jordanian police stand guard as Syrian refugees arrive at the new Mrajeeb Al Fhood refugee camp, which covers around 62 acres of land.
Refugees wait to register their names after arriving at the camp, which cost seven million dinars ($9.9 million) with funding from the United Arab Emirates.
A Syrian refugee arrives with her belongings.
Others go into a supermarket at the camp.
A Syrian woman inspects a bottle at the supermarket.
Jordanian chefs and Syrian refugee workers prepare food to be distributed to the refugees.
A Syrian woman does her laundry.
Clothes hang out to dry on a fence at the camp.
The flat buildings of the refugee camp stand in the desert.
