It also provides legal assistance of migrant workers and emergency response for Syrian and Iraqi refugees. The conference took place in Amman, Jordan, on June 18-20 and was promoted by the Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East, the Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan, with the collaboration of the Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation between Religious Leaders and Institutions of the Arab World and the Jordanian Office of Tourism.Pope Francis visited Jordan — home to the site of Jesus’ baptism — during his 2014 journey to the Holy Land. Estimating the size of an immigrant population is difficult, as some Iraqis may have entered without a legal permit, or overstayed their permit. He noted that life is especially hard because in the nation, while peaceful, refugees are not allowed to work.He expressed his gratitude for the ways the Church helped some refugees work and noted that through the Catholic agency Abouna he is able to still do some photography work.Yet, he warned, all refugees who work are at risk “for a type of police, which specifically works to understand and follow up on those who are working illegally.”The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Hanna explained, distinguishes between Iraqi and Syrian refugees, giving the Syrians financial support. Both Catholic institutions provided humanitarian assistance to 11,235 displaced Iraqi families. Yet even though the situation for them seems stable now, that can change quickly, he said.“The terrorists,” Hanna saiddecried, “do not like this situation of relative calm. Monthly Cash Assistance was distributed to 126,714 Syrian refugees, 5,584 Iraqi refugees and 2,283 persons were of other nationalities. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandBy clicking on the icons on the map, additional information is displayed.The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Some 22,300 individuals were registered in 2019 (the majority births). “Now, we cannot provide all of her needs or develop her skills as a child due to our bad financial situation. The Iraqis, those who receive salaries from the UNHCR, are very few.”“Julia was born after we immigrated to Erbil, and when we came to Jordan, she was only 3 months old,” Hanna said. State schools here do not accept Iraqi refugee children.”He articulated his experience in impeccable English. Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon .
Work permits, he pointed out, are given to Syrians in Jordan, “but not to Iraqis unless they do a formal residence in Jordan, and it costs about $30,000. “For instance,” he said, “if someone needs a surgery, insurance doesn’t pay or doesn’t pay more than 10-20%, but this doesn’t cover if someone needs more expensive surgeries.”Without the ability to make a living or afford adequate health care, and since the processes for being welcomed takes more than three years, Jordan, Hanna said, could not become home.When asked if his family would wish to return to Iraq if the situation were better, he was not optimistic.“Even if the situation seemed better, as it does at times in certain areas,” Hanna said, “I think it is only temporary.”Christians in Iraq are concentrated along the Nineveh Plain, around Mosul. We cannot even send her to kindergarten or, in the future, to school, because we do not have the money to cover the costs required. Syrian refugees remained the largest refugee group accounting for nearly 654,700 people, a slight decrease compared to 2018.
The Vatican is funding a job-creation program for Iraqi refugees in Jordan. 48% of refugees are children, and 4% are elderly people. Parts of the Iraqi population in Jordan may therefore be reluctant to reveal their presence, in fear of deportation. Courtesy photo 48% of refugees are children, and 4.5% are elderly people. [["Refugees",693684],["Asylum-seekers",51305],["Others of concern",2127]]{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"budget":[328.87751632,318.80353781,277.212605641,274.89660650999997,371.91846122000004,426.73744859],"expenditure":[208.74308994,218.32880034000002,238.50705437,224.59320141999999,213.88049035,null]}{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"p1":[328.87751632,318.80353781,277.212605641,274.89660650999997,371.91846122000004,426.73744859],"p2":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p3":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p4":[null,null,null,null,null,null]}{"categories":[2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020],"p1":[208.74308994,218.32880034000002,238.50705437,224.59320141999999,213.88049035,null],"p2":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p3":[null,null,null,null,null,null],"p4":[null,null,null,null,null,null]}
{"longitude":36,"latitude":31,"zoom_level":7,"iso_codes":"'JOR'"} The patriarch, in cooperation with Caritas Jordan, assists more than 11,000 students with their children’s tuition fees, in addition to transportation, stationery, uniform costs and a skills training program. So, I think this moment where things seem OK will change.”What he and the other volunteers (refugees) of Caritas Jordan are hoping for are positive responses to refugee programs in Australia and Canada.Canada, he said, requires great funds and does not provide health care or income. Throughout the past 30 years, there have been a growing number of refugees fleeing Iraq and settling throughout the world, peaking recently with the latest Iraq War. Rami Hanna, his wife Sama, and their 3-year-old daughter, Julia. They have now been in Jordan for about three years and will stay there until one of their travel applications is accepted by UNHCR or through an embassy.The young Iraqi acknowledged that the timeframes for any of these procedures is very long. Rami Hanna and his family — his wife, Sama, their 3-year-old daughter, Julia, and his parents — are now in Jordan after a long journey from their home in Iraq. It operates health clinics in different parts of Jordan that provide general medicine, dentistry and medicine services to patients free of charge for the needy and refugees.