Syria and Jordan

: It was safer than sleeping in the bathtub in their house in Syria for protection from missiles, but they wanted out, according to Huffington Post Canada. The UN officially declaring them refugees ensured his two older children could go to school. For nearly three years, his family had been in Jordan, among over half a million Syrians there crammed into apartments and camps. But the piece of paper provided little other day-to-day benefit. But his family is five of 4.2 million refugees. Syrians can't legally work in Jordan, so even though Zahabi has picked up piecemeal graphic design work — he worked in the industry for 15 years in Syria — it wasn't stable and the pay low. They wanted a home in another country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.