Life in the shadows for Palestinians caught in Syria's civil war

By Marika Sosnowski and Darrian Traynor
Updated March 26 2017 - 5:48pm, first published 5:44pm
Jordan, 2017.
The wife and youngest child of Abu Eyad, in their 'home' continue to keep their Palestinian identity secret. They moved from Za??????atari to another refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Jordanian town of Irbid. It once housed Palestinians

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 4.8 million Syrians have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, and 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria. Meanwhile about one million have requested asylum to Europe.

King Abdullah of Jordan has said the huge influx of refugees from Syria is putting a great strain on his country's infrastructure and that the situation is at 'boiling point'

February 17,18, 2017.
 Pics from Jordan - Yarmouk refugees Photo: Darrian Traynor
Jordan, 2017. The wife and youngest child of Abu Eyad, in their 'home' continue to keep their Palestinian identity secret. They moved from Za??????atari to another refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern Jordanian town of Irbid. It once housed Palestinians According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 4.8 million Syrians have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, and 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria. Meanwhile about one million have requested asylum to Europe. King Abdullah of Jordan has said the huge influx of refugees from Syria is putting a great strain on his country's infrastructure and that the situation is at 'boiling point' February 17,18, 2017. Pics from Jordan - Yarmouk refugees Photo: Darrian Traynor

???Irbid, Jordan: Barely one year into the Syrian war, Abu Eyad made the hardest decision of his life.

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