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On the recordJune 26, 2013
This has resulted, by the way, in a 10-percent population increase for Jordan. This is seriously straining Jordan.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks discusses the impact of Syrian refugees on Jordan's population.

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