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King Abdullah II: Jordanians at boiling point over refugees
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) LONDON Feb 2 (KUNA) -- Jordanians are at "boiling point" due to an influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the war King Abdullah II of Jordan said.A quarter of the state's budget is directed to aid refugees and there was enormous pressure on Jordan's social services infrastructure and economy the King told BBC in an interview published on Tuesday ahead of a donor conference on Syria."Sooner or later I think the dam is going to burst" he warned urging the international community to offer more help if it wanted Jordan to keep taking refugees.He sees London's Syria Donors Conference 2016 to be held on Thursday as an opportunity to rally support not only for Syrian refugees but also for Jordanian people.He expressed his hope that the Syrian regime and opposition would take part in the Geneva talks in a bid to put an end to the ongoing conflict solve the country's crisis and face threats posed by the so-called Islamic State in Syria compel.World's leaders are heading to London to participate in the conference which is co-organized by Britain Kuwait Norway Germany in addition to the UN with the aim of making financial pledges for refugees and discussing other issues like education of refugee children.Jordan is hosting about 635000 of the 4.6 million Syrians registered as refugees with the UN. The government says more than one million other Syrians are living there including those who arrived before the uprising erupted in 2011. (end) kd.hm
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