KEY FIGURES
689,845 Persons of concern (all nationalities) registered by UNHCR
630,176 Syrians registered by UNHCR
59,669 Iraqis, Somalis, Sudanese, Yemenis and others registered by UNHCR
79,138 Syrians in Zaatari Camp
26,445 Syrians in Azraq Camp
6,329 Syrians in Emirati-Jordanian Camp
CASH ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME EXPANDED
UNHCR increased its cash assistance levels in October by an average of 34% to help mitigate those factors compelling many refugee families to consider returning to Syria, or a life beyond the region.
The assistance will range between 80 and 155 Jordanian Dinars (JD) (US $ 113 – 218) per family per month, depending on family size, and will benefit an additional 5,000 families, pushing the total of families receiving cash support to 30,000. Some 4,000 others will remain on the cash assistance waiting list for lack of funds.
The latest level of increased assistance is determined through the Minimum Expenditure Basket (MEB) agreed between partners at the inter-agency level in Jordan. The MEB establishes poverty lines for the refugee population by reflecting common expenditures and minimum thresholds that allow refugee families to survive and maintain dignified lives.
The month of October marked an important milestone for UNHCR Jordan’s cash assistance programme with US $ 120 million now having been provided to refugees since 2012. To date over 200,000 home visit assessments have been conducted to determine the vulnerability levels of individual refugee families.