Syria's Refugee Camps Are Becoming Empty As Many Leave And Try To Reach Germany

More than 120,000 Syrians now call Zaatari refugee camp home. BBC

Time: Refugee Camps Empty as Syrians Head for Europe

In early 2012, it was an anonymous patch of desert in the north of Jordan but by the end of 2013, it was a city of 156,000 Syrian refugees, the fourth biggest population center in the country.

Now it has shrunk to almost one third of its former size as Syrians desperate for a better future migrate to other parts of the Middle East or attempt the dangerous journey to Europe.

For those who made a successful business amid the despair, depopulation has hit them hard. Shadi Arour, a refugee from the southern Syrian city of Daraa says his business, which sells candies, nuts and cigarettes, has fallen by 75% in the last two years. “Before there was movement, people, now we stop during the week, people only buy tea and cigarettes, and the only traffic is on Fridays. Almost one out of two shops has closed,” he says.

WNU editor: If given the chance .... much of Syria would be in Germany right now. And how these refugees feel is a sentiment that is shared by much of the world's poor and desperate right now. As I have said more than once in this blog .... if Germany does not reverse its open door policy .... expect millions of refugees/migrants (if not 10 million) in two years.