The U.N.refugee agency reports deadly clashes between government forces and rebel groups have forced about one-quarter of a million Somalis to flee the capital, Mogadishu since May.

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About 3, 280 Syrians crossed into the Zaatari refugee camp overnight on Thursday, said Anmar Hmoud, a Jordan government spokesman for Syrian refugee affairs.

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Margaret Lally, of the Refugee Council, said the government could be putting people in danger.

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The general impression given of the commission is of an organisation with which anybody government, farmer or refugee would be happy to do business.

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