AMMAN —
According to a report issued by
UNHCR, 51 percent of the financial requirements
for 2022 in Jordan have been received so far, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
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The UNHCR required
approximately $408.4 million for 2022 in Jordan; of this, it had received about
$206.6 million by December 8, a 49 percent financial gap, amounting to $202
million.
Jordan has been
hosting more than 1.3 million
Syrians since the beginning of the Syrian crisis
in 2011; of these, 669,483 are registered with the UNHCR. The organization said
that 757,881 refugees of all nationalities were registered with it until the
end of November, excluding Palestinian refugees.
As for donor countries,
since the beginning of the year, the US has provided $89.8 million in support
to UNHCR in Jordan, followed by
Germany with $50.3 million, the Netherlands
with $17.6 million, the EU with $12 million and the UK with $7 million; other
donor countries and international organizations have contributed as well.
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