AMMAN — Mayor of the
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) Yousef Shawarbeh participated in the Florence Mediterranean
Mayors’ Forum, according to Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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Shawarbeh told the participants in the forum that
Jordan has received wave after wave of refugees despite its limited resources
and the great challenges and pressure on its infrastructure, adding that the
Kingdom has always been a safe haven, and will never relinquish its
humanitarian responsibilities.
Jordan is the second largest host of refugees he
said, adding that GAM provides services to its citizens, visitors and refugees
who found the Kingdom a proper place to live and work.
In his address to the “Migrations across
Mediterranean shores” session, the mayor stressed the importance of boosting
cooperation among cities of the region to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic,
noting the need to keep pace with the rapid growth, enhance the quality of life
and mitigate the burden of refugees.
Shawarbeh said that Amman contributed to discussions
of the Global Compact for Migration, the
International Migration Review Forum and other migration-related meetings of the United Nations, and participated in
the Mediterranean City-to-City Migration (MC2CM).
“We look forward to further partnering and
supporting cities’ capacities, and urge the international community and donors
to give attention to refugee-hosting countries to keep working on their
humanitarian cause”, said the mayor.
Shawarbeh met Florence Mayor Diane Whalen who
expressed interest in the Jordanian culture and support for Amman, with regard
to migration and refugees, which, she said, was “not an easy task”.
The two sides also highlighted the challenge of climate
change; Shawarbeh assured that Amman had put in place many strategies to deal
with the issue.
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