This document is about the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, which is rapidly becoming an “instant city” with formal and informal legal system and all sorts of other economic activities by the inhabitants of the camp. Al Zaatari Refugee Camp in Mafraq Governate, Jordan, has grown out of desertic conditions to become the second largest refugee camp in the world and the fourth largest city in Jordan. The 530-hectare camp costs U.S. $500,000 ʈ per day to operate, paid for by the United Nations (UN), partner organizations, and the government of Jordan. Since July 2012, Zaatari has developed from an empty stretch of desert into the home of roughly 100,000 people and population peaked in April 2013 at a size of over 200,000; from mid-2012 through mid-2013 Zaatari received as many as 3,000 to 4,000 refugees per night44. Reported growth rates vary widely, however, with one source indicating a steady increase between 500 and 1,000 new arrivals per night (15,500 to 31,000 per month) between March and June 2013, while another indicates that by May 2013 the arrival rate had declined from 1,500 to 300 or fewer refugees nightly45. In comparison, Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp located in Kenya, grew by 154,450 people over eleven months, for an approximate rate of 462 people daily46. In April 2014, the Jordanian government closed the unofficial border crossings in Daraa.