it's getting steadily worse

It’s getting steadily worse for Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Tens of thousands of ordinary Iraqi civilians forced to flee the chaos at home are now living in a state of misery and uncertainty. The overwhelming majority of Iraqis whom I’ve met there are frightened and concerned for the future of their children. They are struggling to hold their families together with very little means. They don’t know what’s going to happen to them. Their current situation is grim, but they say there’s no way they can go home. Home is where they saw the killing and kidnapping of loved ones, the destruction of their communities and the constant threat of violence, torture and extortion.

quoted in Helping Needy Iraqi Refugees in Jordan (IRC, Oct. 2007)