allowed to cross the border in the northern Golan Heights to receive medical treatment. In February 2013, seven Syrian refugees were transported to Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel. Since the outbreak of the fighting, the Western Galilee Hospital has treated 85 Syrians and Ziv Medical Center has treated several dozen.
– Jordan began construction of a 30,000 square meter refugee camp in March 2012. Jordan has agreed to create camps to house the swelling numbers of refugees, including one camp already in the works in northern Jordan that could hold up to 113,000 people. Jordan has forcibly returned some newly arriving Palestinians from Syria and threatened others with deportation. Jordan has absorbed some 500,000 Syrian refugees, but Palestinians fleeing Syria are placed in a separate refugee camp, under stricter conditions and are banned from entering Jordanian cities. Since April 2012, Jordanian authorities have also arbitrarily detained Palestinians fleeing Syria in a refugee holding center without any options for release – other than to Syria. Jordan was criticized by Human Rights Watch for singling out Palestinian refugees. The economics behind Jordan's refugee program have also been a subject of significant domestic contention and anxiety. The Jordanian Ministry of Planning estimated the cost of refugee accommodation to be $851.1 million, or roughly 2 percent of the country's $40 billion GDP. Though much international aid has been promised, so far it has come up several hundreds of millions of dollars short of the total cost. Jordanian government announced the beginning of the month of February its intention to build a camp for Syrian refugees fleeing the escalating violence in their country.
As was reported from Turkey for 3,000 refugees crossing the border between the two countries, bringing the total number of registered refugees in Turkey, 9,700 refugees end of February.
– As of 8 August 2013, more than 677,702 Syrian refugees are in Lebanon. As the number of Syrian refugees increases, the Lebanese Forces Party, the Kataeb Party, and the Free Patriotic Movement fear the country's sectarian-based political system is being undermined.
– Turkey has accommodated most of its Syrian refugees in tent cities in Hatay province, which have been constructed since summer 2011.
– Qatar is sponsoring 42 Syrian refugees as 'guests of the Emir'.
– Bahrain rejected reports from Bahraini opposition that they were trying to alter the country's demographics by naturalizing Syrians.
– Saudi Arabia said on 11 January 2013 that they will send $10 million in aid to help Syrian refugees in Jordan.
– The United States has sent aid worth $800 million to help Syrian refugees. The U.S. has admitted 90 Syrian refugees since the civil war began. The U.S. has decided to let nearly 2,000 Syrian refugees for permanent resettlement in America.
– United Kingdom will resettle 500 Syrian refugees.
– The European Union has sent aid worth nearly €1,800 million ($2,430 million) in relief and recovery aid for Syrian refugees from both the Commission and Member States. Making it the largest international contributor to Syrian refugees both internally and externally displaced. European assistance reaches up to 80% of the population affected by the crisis.
– Sweden accepted nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees in 2012, and expects more than twice as many in 2013. In September 2013, Swedish migration authorities ruled that all Syrian asylum seekers will be granted permanent residency and the right to bring their families as well. Sweden is the first EU-country to make this offer.
– Brazil is the first country in the Americas region to offer humanitarian visas to Syrian refugees. Brazil's embassies in (Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq) countries neighbouring Syria will be responsible for issuing travel visas for people wanting to go there. Claims for asylum will need to be presented on arrival in Brazil. These special humanitarian visas will also be provided to family members living in countries neighbouring Syria.
– Germany has accepted 40,000 refugees until July 20