IN PHOTOS: Azraq refugee camp braces for winter
Published date: 9 December 2014 21:01 GMT
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Last update: 9 years 11 months ago
Many sanitation and toilet facilities are extremely basic (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Even before food vouchers were reduced, they were causing issues in Azraq (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
A lone tap in the desert provides water for 9 hours a day (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
A man washes himself before prayers (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Ghazi Shehadeh, who fled to Syria three years ago, says he only wants to go back to Amman (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Shehadeh is a father of 11 and is a tribal elder looking after some 500 people (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
The children of Azraq are slowly starting to adapt (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Conditions inside many temporary shelters are basic and crowded, but almost always impeccably clean (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
With much love and hard work a few small bits of desert, have begun to sprout lentils and herbs (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Shehadeh's old camp site outside Amman where he says he wants to return (MEE / With much love and hard work a few small bits of desert, have begun to sprout lentils and herbs (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
Azraq refugee camp braces for winter (MEE/Arwa' Debaja)
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