Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy Nikki Haley visited on her first overseas trip.
"Jordan has reached the limit of its capacity to cope with the burden of hosting Syrian refugees," Planning Minister Imad al-Fakhoury said in a statement after meeting Haley.
Syria's six-year conflict has triggered a vast exodus of refugees, millions of whom are living in neighbouring states.
The U.N. refugee agency says it has registered more than 680,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan.
Amman says it hosts some 1.3 million Syrians at a cost of some $6.6 billion (5.9 billion euros) since the war broke out in 2011.
Jordan says it will need a further $8 billion to cover the costs of hosting refugees until 2018
[elethos.gr/AFP]
22/5/17
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"Jordan has reached the limit of its capacity to cope with the burden of hosting Syrian refugees," Planning Minister Imad al-Fakhoury said in a statement after meeting Haley.
Syria's six-year conflict has triggered a vast exodus of refugees, millions of whom are living in neighbouring states.
The U.N. refugee agency says it has registered more than 680,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan.
Amman says it hosts some 1.3 million Syrians at a cost of some $6.6 billion (5.9 billion euros) since the war broke out in 2011.
Jordan says it will need a further $8 billion to cover the costs of hosting refugees until 2018
[elethos.gr/AFP]
22/5/17
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