AMMAN — The UNHCR has only obtained 15 percent of its
financial requirements for its operations in Jordan for the new fiscal year of
2023, according to a report.
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The report further revealed that the financial requirements
allocated for 2023 in Jordan amount to $390 million, of which the UNHCR has
only received funding of around $60 million as of April. This represents a
funding gap of $239.6 million, which is 85 percent of the financial
requirements.
Jordan hosts over 1.3 million Syrian refugees since the
beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, including 661,854 registered Syrian
refugees with the UNHCR. Additionally, there are approximately 62,000
registered Iraqi refugees and 743,773 registered refugees from all
nationalities., as of the end of February.
The above numbers exclude Palestinian refugees who fall under
UNRWA.
Donor countries and aid amountsThe report shows that the US donated $9.8 million, the
Netherlands donated $3.2 million, Japan donated $2.5 million, Canada donated
$1.9 million, Switzerland and Ireland donated $1.5 million each, Luxembourg donated
$233,000, in addition to $21.3 million from other allocations, according to the
report.
The UNHCR estimated the funding requirements for its
operations for this year at $390.1 million, compared to $408.4 million for the
previous year, which was funded at a rate of 51 percent, with a shortfall of
$209.6 million.
In August of last year, the UNHCR warned that the situation
of refugees in Jordan could turn into a humanitarian crisis within months if
funding was not made available urgently.
International community's responsibilityHis Majesty King Abdullah emphasized the international
community's responsibility towards host countries of refugees, especially in
light of food security challenges, during his meeting with the UN High
Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, in September of last year.
Grandi praised the significant role played by Jordan in
hosting and providing humanitarian services to refugees, reaffirming the
UNHCR's commitment to support Jordan's efforts and continue coordination and cooperation
with the Kingdom to alleviate the impact of the Syrian refugee crisis.
Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian CrisisThe funding for the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian
Crisis for last year reached $760.3 million out of $2.28 billion, with a
funding rate of 33.4 percent and a deficit of $1.51 billion, according to the
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation.
The ministry also stated that the financial requirements for
the Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian Crisis for this year 2023 are $2.276
billion, which will continue at the level of the annual requirements agreed
upon in the response plan for the years (2020–2022).
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