Syrian Refugees: Why aren't They Clamoring to Find Refuge in Arab Countries?

Besides Syria, there are close to two dozen Arab countries, some pretty close to Syria, and some are extremely modern and affluent.

National Geographic

Maps of Arab countries and Israel. Note that Israel is a tiny island in a sea of Arab countries. MEFacts.com

Considering the difficulties all immigrants have learning new languages and adjusting to new cultures, norms and school curriculums, you'd think that the innumerable syrians fleeing their country would make a beeline to nearby Arab countries.

List of Arab countries from Wikipedia

Population[edit]

Pos	Country	Population	World ranking
1	Egypt	89,100,000	16
2	Algeria	39,500,000	33
3	Sudan	38,448,000	35
4	Iraq	37,425,000	39
5	Morocco	33,666,179	40
6	Saudi Arabia	31,560,000	45
7	Yemen	25,502,000	49
8	Syria	17,740,340	55
9	Tunisia	10,982,800	77
10	Somalia	10,456,000	85
11	United Arab Emirates	9,589,000	93
12	Libya	6,449,000	103
13	Jordan	6,745,023	106
14	Palestine sic*	4,650,368	123
15	Lebanon	4,468,000	126
16	Mauritania	3,778,254	134
17	Kuwait	3,589,000	138
18	Oman	3,383,000	139
19	Qatar	2,321,000	149
20	Bahrain	1,359,000	155
21	Djibouti	923,000	158
22	Comoros	830,000	163
Total	Arab League	365,674,964

Area[edit]

Rank	Country	Area (km2)[Note 1]	Area (sq mi)	% of Total	Notes
1	Algeria	2,381,741	919,595	18.1%	Largest country in the Arab world.
2	Saudi Arabia	2,149,690	830,000	16.4%	Largest kingdom in the Arab world.
3	Sudan	1,861,484	718,723	14.2%	Formerly the largest country in the Arab world.
4	Libya	1,759,540	679,360	11.4%
5	Mauritania	1,025,520	395,960	7.8%
6	Egypt	1,002,000	387,000	7.6%	Excluding the Hala'ib Triangle (20,580 km2/7,950 sq mi).
7	Morocco	713,550	275,500	3.4%	Does not include Western Sahara (266,000 km2/103,000 sq mi).
8	Somalia	637,657	246,201	4.9%	Largest exclusive economic zone in the Arab world.
9	Yemen	527,968	203,850	4.0%
10	Iraq	435,244	168,049	3.3%
11	Oman	309,500	119,500	2.4%
12	Syria	185,180	71,500	1.4%	Including the part of the Golan Heights (1,200 km2/460 sq mi) currently occupied by Israel. sic*
13	Tunisia	163,610	63,170	1.2%
14	Jordan	89,342	34,495	0.7%
15	United Arab Emirates	83,600	32,300	0.6%	One of three federated states in the Arab world.
16	Djibouti	23,200	9,000	0.1%
17	Kuwait	17,818	6,880	0.1%
18	Qatar	11,586	4,473	0.08%
19	Lebanon	10,452	4,036	0.08%
20	State of Palestine	6,020	2,320	0.05%	Under Israeli occupation. sic*
21	Comoros	2,235	863	0.01%
22	Bahrain	758	293	0.005%
Total		13,333,296	5,148,048	100%

Population density[edit]

Rank	Country	Density (/km2)	Density (/mi2)	Area (km2)	Area (mi2)	Population	Notes
1	Bahrain	1,788	4,631	750	290	1,341,000	[3]
2	State of Palestine	713	1,847	6,020	2,320	4,293,313	sic*  [21]
3	Lebanon	408	1,057	10,452	4,036	4,268,000
4	Comoros	343	888	2,235	863	767,000
5	Kuwait	162	420	17,818	6,880	2,889,000
6	Qatar	175	453	11,000	4,200	1,921,000
7	Syria	117	303	185,180	71,500	21,740,340
8	United Arab Emirates	97	251	83,600	32,300	8,089,070	[22]
9	Egypt	96	249	1,001,449	386,662	82,532,544	[23]
10	Morocco	78	202	446,550	172,410	32,666,179	Including Western Sahara (Non-self-governing territory)[24]
11	Jordan	71	184	89,342	34,495	6,345,023
12	Iraq	76	197	438,317	169,235	33,425,000
13	Tunisia	65	168	163,610	63,170	10,673,800	[25]
14	Yemen	45	117	527,968	203,850	25,502,000
15	Djibouti	39	101	23,200	9,000	923,000
16	Sudan	18	47	1,886,068	728,215	34,848,000	[26]
17	Algeria	17	44	2,381,741	919,595	39,500,000
18	Somalia	15	39	637,657	246,201	9,656,000
19	Saudi Arabia	13.1	34	2,149,690	830,000	28,660,000
20	Oman	9.3	24	309,500	119,500	2,883,000
21	Libya	3.7	9.6	1,759,540	679,360	6,449,000
22	Mauritania	3.3	8.5	1,025,520	395,960	3,378,254

* There is no "State of Palestine" and has never ever been one!

Considering the amount and variety of Arab countries, many of which have extremely low population density, shouldn't they be the main countries welcoming Syrians fleeing their homes?

Israel Resource Review

This is an important question. Jordan has accepted some refugees, but I wonder if they will let them become Jordanians. Since 1948, they have kept their fellow Arabs from Israel in refugee camps enthusiastically supported by the United Nations aka UNRWA. Almost seventy years after the establishment of the State of Israel, these refugee camps are  still being used to indoctrinate and train terrorists to attack and destabilize Israel.

The vast majority of Syrian refugees, seem to have been able to afford to get much further away than Jordan. Considering the price the smugglers and agents demand per head, there must be someone funding this massive exodus to Europe, the Americas etc.

I suggest three simple reasons why the fleeing Syrians are not flocking to other Arab countries:

1. There are people/organizations encouraging/funding them to attempt to enter other countries and societies. There are two reasons for this, humanitarian and to get sleeper terrorists into those other countries. 
2. The Arab countries are not looking for fellow Arabs to increase their populations. 
3. The refugees want to get as far from Syria and Arab culture as they can.