Jordan rally protests Syrian camp violence HUNDREDS of Jordanians have staged an anti-Syrian refugee rally to protest against clashes in the country's largest refugee camp. At the two-hour rally, some 200 residents of the Jordanian border city of Mafraq blocked off the entrance to the Zaatari refugee camp, demanding authorities deport Syrians back to their homeland. The protesters also called on authorities to close the Zaatari camp - home to some 150,00 Syrians - chanting "leave, leave Syrian thugs," eyewitnesses said. The protest came a day after violent clashes in the camp left some 20 Syrians and 10 Jordanian policemen injured, according to security sources. The clashes erupted between camp residents and security personnel after authorities arrested a group of five Syrians attempting to flee the enclosed camp, said the sources. Following the arrest, some 100 refugees staged a protest in the centre of the desert camp. The protest devolved into violence after participants began pelting Jordanian policemen with stones, the sources said. The clashes highlighted rising tensions between Jordanians and Syrians in the border city, which has received the bulk of the some 500,000 Syrians who have fled to the country since March 2011. Intensified violence in Syria has driven the refugee influx into Jordan to some 100,000 persons per month - a pace UN officials say require the construction of a new refugee camp every 30 days.