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'70 Syrian refugees enter Jordan in one day'

By JT - Feb 18,2016 - Last updated at Feb 18,2016

A member of the Border Guards tends to a Syrian boy near the northern border recently (Petra photo)

AMMAN — An army source said on Thursday that Border Guards received 70 Syrian refugees over the previous 24 hours. 

The troops transferred the refugees to shelters and camps, and Royal Medical Services personnel treated the injured, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted the source as saying.

Border Guards in 2015 received 16,997 Syrian refugees, an official source at the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army said earlier this year.

The source added that the army recorded 85 cases of infiltration attempts involving 132 people.

 

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