AMMAN — The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), Ismael Ubada revealed that there are 740,676 refugees in Jordan as of
mid-May.
According to data obtained, 89 percent of these refugees are
Syrian, 8.2 percent are Iraqi, 1.7 percent are Yemeni, and 1 percent are
refugees from other nationalities.
Numbers of refugees and ages
- 141,463, ages four and below
- 111,860, between the ages of five and eleven
- 214,368, between the ages of twelves and seventeen
- 146,630, between the ages of thirty-six and fifty-nine
- 37,017, are above the age of sixty
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Registered refugees in provinces and campsAccording to the UNHCR, the number of registered refugees in
the Amman, is 265,795, 130,155 in Irbid, 86,870 in Mafraq, 48,899 in Zarqa,
19,719 in Balqa, 14,300 in Madaba, 9,445 in Ma'an, 8,787 in Karak, 8,704 in
Jerash, 5,914 in Ajloun, 4,460 in Aqaba, 1,674 in Tafilah, and 573 in other
areas.
Meanwhile, the number of registered refugees in tcamps is
83,328 in Zaatari Camp, 45,009 in Azraq Camp, and approximately 7,000 in other
camps.
According to the UNHCR data, 81.7 percent of refugees in
Jordan live outside the camps, in major cities and their surrounding villages,
while 18.3 percent of refugees reside inside the camps.
Unregistered Refugees
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Jordan has
hosted around 1.3 million Syrians on its territory, with about half of them
classified as refugees.
The remaining individuals entered Jordan before the crisis
due to family relations, marriage, or trade, and others are unregistered.
Jordan's warning of the consequences of decreased
international support for refugeesDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Expatriates Ayman Safadi warned on Monday of the consequences of decreased
international support for refugees and the UN organizations concerned with
them, as well as the host countries.
Safadi also warned of the repercussions of some UN
organizations reducing the services provided to refugees in Jordan and
emphasized the necessity of continuing to provide these services to them.
Safadi and UN officials stressed the importance of the
ongoing cooperation between the Kingdom and UN organizations in dealing with
the burden of hosting refugees and providing a decent standard of living for
the 1.3 million Syrian refugees in Jordan.
He stated that Jordan has surpassed its capacity to absorb
refugees at a time when the Kingdom faces challenging economic circumstances,
emphasizing the full responsibility of the international community towards
refugees and the support needed for Jordan to continue providing the
requirements for a decent life for refugees, of whom only 10 percent live in
refugee camps.
International responsibilityHe emphasized that the burden of hosting refugees is an
international responsibility, not just the responsibility of host countries,
and that meeting their basic life requirements until their return to their
homeland is a humanitarian duty and a regional and international security
necessity."
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