UNHCR: 85 percent of Syrian refugees in Jordan below poverty line

2018-05-30 05:04:37

(MENAFN) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Jordan said as many as 85% of the Syrian refugee families in Jordan live below the poverty line.

A UNHCR spokesman in Jordan, Mohammed Al-Hawari said that 30,000 Syrian refugee families are threatened with aid cuts if the financial deficit being experience by the organization continues.

He noted that the Commission has provided only 28 per cent of the Syrian refugees' response needs in the region during the first half of 2018.

Al-Hawari explained that the UNHCR has estimated its need for cash assistance at about USD6 million per month, equivalent to USD250 for one family of five people.

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