AMMAN — A new analysis released by the
UNHCR in Jordan has
revealed that levels of debt and eviction threats among all refugees have
"significantly increased" in recent years.
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The analysis shows that the debt per-capita figures for
refugees benefiting from assistance from the Commission and the
World Food Program have "increased in recent comparison by 75 percent; from JD400 to
JD720", which is healthier than the
debts of refugees who do not receive
any assistance from United Nations organizations, which "increased by 125
percent"; from JD550 to JD1250, Ammon News reported.
Details of the study
The Commission conducted a study of more than 70,000 refugee
families in host communities between two different time periods (2014-2018) and
(2019-2022), dividing these families into four groups:
refugees who receive
continuous assistance, refugees who do not receive any assistance, families
that have recently received assistance, and families whose assistance has been
gradually discontinued.
Refugees who receive continuous assistance face fewer eviction
threats, with a rate of 11 percent, compared to non-beneficiaries whose
eviction rate is 19 percent because they were seen to be in a "better
position to pay rent."
As for the debt per-capita of
refugee families that recently
started receiving assistance, they increased by 50 percent, from JD500 to
JD800. The debt per-capita of refugee families that had their assistance
gradually discontinued increased by 160 percent during the comparison period,
from JD420 to JD1100.
The analysis indicated that the families whose assistance
was gradually discontinued "tripled their eviction threats to reach 21
percent", and this group was forced to sell "more household assets
such as
furniture and electronics than any other group.”
A funding crisis
The analysis concluded that the positive impact of cash
assistance for these families may be at risk due to the decrease in
humanitarian funding, explaining that the needs of the most vulnerable refugees
have already exceeded the support that the
Commission's cash programs can
provide.
The World Food Program had to reduce the value of its
assistance transfer by about 30 percent last July, and it confirmed that
"the decrease in support will lead to increased pressure on refugees who
have already suffered previous economic shocks, including the cost of living
crisis and the effects of the
coronavirus pandemic."
Last month, the Commission warned of "serious
consequences for refugees" if the current funding crisis is not addressed,
and the
World Food Program announced a reduction in the value of monthly
assistance by a third for all Syrian refugees in the
Zaatari and Azraq camps,
numbering about 129,000 refugees.
The Ministry of Interior announced the expected suspension
of financial assistance for refugees residing inside
Syrian refugee camps in Jordan starting from October, as well as the expected suspension of financial
assistance for refugees residing outside the camps starting from the beginning
of September.
The Commission in Jordan has received 32 percent of its
financial requirements for the fiscal year 2023, and the resident
representative of the commission for refugees affairs in Jordan,
Dominik Bartsch, warned that the current funding shortfall undermines the significant
achievements that have been made over the past decade.
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