The plight of refugees in the Zaatari camp in Jordan

The only thing propping up Jordan from taking a fall  until now is the support it gets from Syria's enemies in the region and from the USA.  That support  is likely to collapse soon.   Jordanian authorities have not been able to curb the blatant slave trading going on in the guise of marriages, at the Zaatari refugee camp.   The slave trading, the temporary marriages, the prostitution of women and teenagers  is all happening under the eyes of the UNHRC and the many NGOs operating in the camps.  However, nowhere else does it  seem to be on such a large scale as in Jordan.  Organized crime lords are selling youngsters to the rich sunni arabs with their parents' consent. These kids are most likely going to end up  as slaves, sex toys or child soldiers  in Syria. 

According to UN, the number of Syrian refugees at last count (no idea when the count was done and officially posted at their site) were 1,903,436, with Lebanon and Jordan having the largest percentage.  

The children being sold to the arabs must be the numerous orphans who are now in the care of other Syrian refugees pretending that these kids are their own and giving their consent so the dirty arabs can take them away.  I just can't bring myself to believe that parents can sell off their kids knowing what will happen to them at the hands of the cult members.



The reporter at Channel4 news, at the second vid,  refrains from saying that children are being sold.  How can one stop this menace if one does not voice that it is happening?

From AtlanticCouncil:
 ..In the latest issue brief from the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center, Jordan's Youth: Avenues for Activism, author Danya Greenfield evaluates the role of Jordanian youth in political activism, and contends that youth will ultimately take the helm of political change given Jordan's current political and economic climate.
While Jordanians are focused on mounting pressures from Syrian refugees and the growing crisis in Egypt, the same kind of political, economic, and social grievances that sparked a wave of uprisings in the Arab world are intensifying in Jordan with each passing day. With a youth population representing 55 percent of the population and young Jordanians struggling to land decent jobs and meet basic needs, policymakers should be aware that youth discontent could erupt in unexpected or critical moments of pressure.

The failure of an elected Islamist government in Egypt and the continuing violence in Syria have bought Jordan’s King Abdullah II some significant breathing room, thus political reform is unlikely to take center stage in the coming months. While street protests and demonstrations have waned since their peak in November 2012, the underlying political grievances and economic pressures continue to intensify in Jordan, and reform cannot be deferred indefinitely............

Reuters article below giving the number of refugees in the Zaatari camp as 130K is wrong.  The actual number is close to half a million.

...Audit of Syria refugees finds.organized crime and child soldiers.  Many Syrians who have escaped their country are now desperate to escape from U.N.-run refugee camps, where women are not safe and teenage boys are recruited as soldiers to fight in the conflict, according to an internal U.N. report.....
....Organized crime networks are operating in the biggest refugee camp, Za'atari in Jordan, which is home to 130,000, it said. The camp is "lawless is many ways", with resources that are "constantly stolen or vandalized".



Preparations for a new camp needed to learn the lessons from Za'atari, including to "ensure the safety of women and girls".
Refugees can live outside the camp if they are "sponsored" by a Jordanian citizen, but many refugees are paying up to $500 to middlemen to get out, the report said.....

Syrian refugees 'sold for marriage'  in Jordan.  Before the war began, Kazal was in love with her neighbour in Homs. "He was 20 years old and I dreamed of marrying him one day," she says. "I never thought I would marry someone I didn't love, but my family and I have been through some hard times since coming to Amman."

Kazal says she is 18 but looks much younger. She has just got divorced from a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who paid her family about US $3,100 (UK £2,000) to marry her. The marriage lasted one week.
"I lived with my husband in Amman, but we weren't happily married. He treated me like a servant, and didn't respect me as a wife. He was very strict with me. I'm happy that we're divorced."
Her huge, blue eyes fill with tears when she talks about the marriage.
"I agreed to it so I could help my family. When I got engaged I cried a lot. I won't get married for money again. In the future I hope to marry a Syrian boy who's my own age.".................