One such population are the Syrian refugees living in Jordan. At home in Syria, the war continues, but now the arrival of COVID19 has added hardship which are now being felt in the country’s capital.
“We have evidence of people trying to skip meals in order to spread out the food so it can last longer, they may skip taking medication, anything that is considered right now something where they can cut costs.”Calling for additional support to sustain humanitarian initiatives, Mr Mahecic explained that in Jordan, only 17,000 out of 49,000 newly identified families in need had received help, “as UNHCR is lacking the funds to extend its programmes”.Prior to the pandemic, the majority of Syrian refugees in the region were living below the poverty line, according to the UN agency, while a recent survey in Jordan showed that only 35 per cent of refugees said they had a secure job to return to after the lifting of More than six million internally displaced Syrians and other vulnerable groups remain inside Syria, according to UNHCR.Before the onset of the virus, the agency’s $5.5 billion Syria Refugee Response and Resilience Plan 2020 appeal was only 20 per cent funded across the region. The COVID-19 crisis has caused a dramatic spike in the number of Syrian refugees in need of emergency assistance in the last three months,Now into its tenth year, the Syrian conflict has created more than 5.5 million refugees seeking shelter in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Since the Syrian Civil War began, over 4 million Syrians have been displaced from their homes.. About 1.4 million have settled in nearby Jordan, but are unable to legally work to provide for their families.The UN humanitarian appeal for Syrian refugees is just 40% funded, meaning many of them receive little to no assistance. Independent journalist focusing on human rights and social justice The World Food Program USA, a non-profit humanitarian organization, estimates that there are 6.2 million displaced Syrians, most of whom now reside in neighboring Jordan. “I reiterate the Secretary General’s appeal for the waiving of sanctions that can undermine countries’ capacity to respond to the pandemic.” We are aware of the under-reporting globally of active cases and related deaths due to lack of adequate testing and hospital bed shortages. Many Syrians have been there since 2012, at which time skirmishes in Syria following the 2011 Arab Spring uprising sparked a civil war in Syria with protestors calling for the removal of Bashar al-Assad.
Diaspora Mobilization ... 2020 . THOUSANDS OF SYRIAN women now living as refugees in Jordan are reliant on healthcare centers supported by the United Nations Population Fund for treatments such as counseling and reproductive health.
The International Rescue Committee and Sesame Workshop are teaming up on a major new effort to help young Syrian ... camp in Jordan, it houses 77,000 Syrian refugees. Some 22,300 individuals were registered in 2019 (the majority births). Sign up to receive our original, on-the-ground coverage that informs policymakers, practitioners, donors, and others who want to make the world more humane. “Some of the big donors have been flexible when it comes to channelling the funds and agreeing on budget revisions to respond to the pandemic,” he added. Syria. In Morocco, the government has led a fund-raising campaign on behalf of the poor and those who have lost their jobs as a result of the recent crisis. By Kerri Barber and Remote Corespondent Nancy Roberts in JordanAs Americans brace for what will be a long and trying time through the COVID19 crisis, our efforts overseas cannot be ignored. (Muhammad Hamed/REUTERS) (Photo: The Telegraph, Syrian refugees walk at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan.)
By early April, In recent days, the government has gradually allowed more people to move around, but the relaxed conditions don’t appear to have brought significant relief to most of the kingdom’s refugees. Refugees and Host Communities . Caught among empire-building superpowers are the Syrian people themselves. Kurdi said that with the government gradually easing restrictions, relief efforts have become more accessible.UNHCR estimates that 50,000 families urgently require cash assistance, said spokesperson Lilly Carlisle. Jordan, which had 582 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine deaths as of 14 May, hosts the second highest number of refugees per capita in the world. Egypt, for example, has decided to disburse pensions early and to facilitate access to them, and to grant a grace period for repaying microloans. “The pandemic is going to have a long-term impact on refugee families,” Carlisle said. Syrian refugees face tough winter in Jordan's overflowing camps. ‘Responding to dangerous diseases such as Ebola cannot be an opportunity for cronyism.’
BBC reports: “Assistance has instead been limited to procedural measures. Last week Syrian news reported on the effects of the virus in Damascus, where public markets were closed. [["Refugees",693684],["Asylum-seekers",51305],["Others of concern",2127]]{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"budget":[328.87751632,318.80353781,277.212605641,274.89660650999997,371.91846122000004,426.73744859],"expenditure":[208.74308994,218.32880034000002,238.50705437,224.59320141999999,213.88049035,null]}{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"p1":[328.87751632,318.80353781,277.212605641,274.89660650999997,371.91846122000004,426.73744859],"p2":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p3":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p4":[null,null,null,null,null,null]}{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"p1":[208.74308994,218.32880034000002,238.50705437,224.59320141999999,213.88049035,null],"p2":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p3":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p4":[null,null,null,null,null,null]}