On September 13, 2014 the New York Times released an article discussing the increased number of Syrian child brides in refugee camps. The marriages are being arranged for multiple reasons, ranging from economic benefits to safety and security.

"For many Syrians stuck in Jordan’s squalid and sometimes dangerous refugee camps, marrying girls off at younger and younger ages is increasingly being seen as a necessity — a way of easing the financial burden on families with little or no income and allaying fears of rape and sexual harassment in makeshift living spaces where it is harder to enforce the rule of law" - Rana Sweis