{"id":149934,"date":"2018-01-30T05:34:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149934"},"modified":"2018-01-30T05:34:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T10:34:41","slug":"aid-groups-8500-syrians-still-held-in-jordanian-no-go-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/30\/aid-groups-8500-syrians-still-held-in-jordanian-no-go-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid groups: 8,500 Syrians still held in Jordanian no go camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_144909\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144909\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/syria-1151151_960_720.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-144909\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/syria-1151151_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"The army says the Syrian air defence confronted the missile attacks on the outposts in the area of Qutayfeh in the Damascus countryside on Tuesday. (Pixabay Photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/syria-1151151_960_720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/syria-1151151_960_720-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/syria-1151151_960_720-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144909\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The alliance asked Jordan in a recent report to lift movement restrictions on Syrians in camps. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan &#8212; International aid groups say about 8,500 Syrians are still locked up behind barbed wire in a no-go section of Jordan&#8217;s second-largest refugee camp, despite initial assurances in 2016 the arrangement is temporary.<\/p>\n<p>The Jordan INGO Forum, an alliance of 60 groups, asked Jordan to expedite security screenings of those held in Azraq camp&#8217;s \u201cVillage 5,\u201d saying that at the current pace this would take until October 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The alliance asked Jordan in a recent report to lift movement restrictions on Syrians in camps.<\/p>\n<p>Co-ordinator Yannick Martin said on Tuesday that Jordan has done much to host Syrian refugees, but that \u201ca frank dialogue needs to take place\u201d on movement restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan says its security is paramount, that it shoulders a heavy refugee burden and that its security vetting is exemplary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan &#8212; International aid groups say about 8,500 Syrians are still locked up behind barbed wire in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":144909,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[10025,45213,2248,45214],"class_list":["post-149934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-jordan","tag-jordan-ingo-forum","tag-syria","tag-yannick-martin","mauthors-karin-laub","mauthors-alice-su","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}