HIGHLIGHTS
The first Syrian refugee family to depart from Jordan to the U.S. under the "surge" regional resettlement programme left from Amman's Queen Alia International Airport on 6 April for Kansas City, Missouri. The family of seven forms part of the almost 15,000 individuals submitted by UNHCR in Jordan to the American authorities by the end of April for fast-tracked resettlement. The U.S. plans to welcome 10,000 Syrians, mostly living in Jordan, by the end of September 2016.
UNHCR welcomed another measure by the Government of Jordan in April that should further significantly ease the way for Syrian refugees to find legal employment and towards some form of self-sufficiency. These measures are currently enabling on average 200 Syrians to regularize their employment status each day. Thousands more are expected to benefit in the coming years.
The number of Syrians granted access to Jordanian territory has increased three-fold on last month. In April, UNHCR received approval from the Jordanian authorities for the construction of a service area from where to better serve the humanitarian needs of an estimated 52,000 individuals (at the end of April) fleeing Syria and gathered at two points (Hadalat and Rukban) on a berm near Jordan’s north-east border.
KEY FIGURES
1 UNHCR in Jordan was the largest operation globally for submissions to resettlement and similar humanitarian admission programmes in 2015
35 Percentage of Syrian school-aged children out of school in Jordan, with many compelled to work informally
75 Percentage of Syrians who are highly or severely shelter vulnerable
80 Percentage of Syrians using crisis or emergency coping mechanisms
90 Percentage of Syrians living outside of camps below the poverty line
US $ 27 million Provided so far in 2016 in cash assistance to Jordan’s most vulnerable refugees
FUNDING
US $ 320 million requested for the Jordan Operation in 2016