Just over the border in Rwanda, two refugee camps set up by United Nations agencies and the Rwandan government stand virtually empty.

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Five thousand people were gathering in a depot close to the Bab al-Hawa border crossing, while 2, 000 were at the border crossing of Reyhanli, which houses one of the largest refugee camps set up by Ankara for Syrians fleeing the violence, officials said.

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Pakistan has agreed to let the aid organisations set up small campsites, but the organisations are not allowed to let the larger Afghan refugee camps grow any further.

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