BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- The UN has announced it is working with Jordan to build additional camps for Syrian refugees who are fleeing across the border. It follows a call on Friday by Jordan’s ruler, King Abdullah, for more international assistance. CCTV’s Special Affairs correspondent Roee Ruttenberg has more from Northern Jordan.

In the last days, thousands of refugees have arrived here at the Zaatari Camp - the largest in Jordan. The pace of their arrival has really picked up steam - topping 30,000 for January. That’s double the amount who came in December, according to official figures.

And it’s partially a reflection of the fighting that’s intensified, according to the people here, in the southern Syrian city of Dara’a, just 30 kilometers behind me.

Many of the families that are arriving are being led by women...their husbands unable to come.

The Assad government in Syria has called on the people to return home ... and several hundreds are doing so, albeit on their own. But those leaving are heavily outnumbered by those arriving.

The government here has warned that the few camps it has already built are filled to capacity, and that it needs to build more. But it’s asking for help. The economy here has been hurting, and Jordan says it can’t bear the financial burden alone.

Jordan is now hosting more than 320,000 Syrian refugees. That’s nearly half of all of the Syrian refugees in the region. The UNHCR - the UN’s Refugee Agency - days it has begun building a new camp with Jordan which it hopes will be ready by the end of this month... But with the end-of-fighting nowhere in sight, and the number of refugees increasing at this pace, even they admit: that might not be enough.

(Source: CNTV.cn)