UNHCR Special envoy Angelina Jolie meets refugees on the Jordanian border minutes after 200 of them crossed from Syria on Sept 10, 2012. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition watchdog based in London, says more than 23,000 people have died in an uprising that has lasted more than 17 months. About 200,000 Syrians have fled to Turkey, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) - The United Nations (UN) refugee agency's special envoy, actress Angelina Jolie, is touring a refugee camp in Jordan for Syrians who fled the civil war in their country.
The Hollywood star arrived on Tuesday morning in the Zaatari camp, which hosts about 27,000 Syrians displaced by the 18-month conflict. She met with Syrian refugee women separately and toured the sprawling tent city.
Jolie was accompanied by UN refugee chief Antonio Guterres and Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.
Mr Guterres said the "camp needs massive international funding" and that its "conditions are still not acceptable."
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