Ammon News - AMMAN (Petra)--A total of 52,500 Syrian refugees have crossed into Jordan illegally or with the help of border guards since the beginning of this month, according to an official sources form the Jordan Armed Forces.

About 3046 of those refugees entered the Kingdom through border posts over the past 24 hours.

The source said that the increasing number of the displaced Syrian fleeing to Jordan is placing huge burden on the border guards as the majority of them are women, children and elderly people.