UNHCR in Jordan gets one-third of its financial allocations

AMMAN — The UN refugee agency in Jordan received about a third of its financial needs in the first half of the year, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.

UNHCR said by June 28, the agency’s office in Jordan received 28.94 percent of $408.4 million, or $118.2 million, of the money allocated to it this year. This leaves a 71.06 percent, or $290.2 million financing gap this year.اضافة اعلان

The agency said as of mid-June, there are 761,580 refugees registered with UNHCR in Jordan, 82.6 percent of them live outside camps. Refugees under 18 years of age make up 46 percent of the total registered refugee population in Jordan.

In May, UNHCR provided cash assistance to about 33,000 refugee families, including 3,000 non-Syrian families, to help them meet their basic needs.


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