AMMAN — The
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (
UNHCR) in Jordan has obtained only 8 percent of its
financial requirements for the new fiscal year 2023, according to a UNHCR report.
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To conduct its programs supporting refugees
in the Kingdom in 2023, the
UNHCR has estimated that it requires a total of
$390 million. Thus far, the organization has received only $29.9 million in
funding from the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland, Canada, Ireland, and other
allocations, Al-Rai daily reported.
In 2022, the
UNHCR estimated its funding
requirements at $408 million, but it received only 51 percent of that sum. In
August, the organization warned that the refugee situation in the Kingdom would
devolve into a humanitarian crisis “within months” if funding was not urgently provided, as $34
million was lacking to implement basic health and cash programs for the
remainder of the year.
In September, His Majesty King Abdullah met
with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and stressed the need for
the international community to bear its responsibilities towards countries
hosting refugees, especially in light of global food security crises.
Through the end of November 2022, 758,000 refugees
in the Kingdom have registered with the
UNHCR — 669,000 of whom are of Syrian
nationality.
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