{"id":4659,"date":"2020-11-16T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/?p=4659"},"modified":"2020-11-30T16:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T21:59:24","slug":"multiple-shocks-covid-19-and-syrian-refugees-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/fr\/news\/analysis\/multiple-shocks-covid-19-and-syrian-refugees-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple shocks: COVID-19 and Syrian refugees in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Elizabeth Ferris and Diana Rayes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le World Bank<\/a> has referred to COVID-19\u2019s impact as a \u2018triple shock:\u2019 the health risks from the pandemic itself, the economic impact of containment measures and reverberations from the global recession. For Jordan, a major refugee-hosting country, these shocks come on top of the already-heavy costs of hosting Syrian refugees, which have placed significant social, economic, and political pressures on the country in the decade since the start of the Syrian conflict. And for the estimated 1.3 million Syrian refugees in Jordan themselves, the shocks of COVID-19 have meant declining livelihood possibilities, increasing poverty and continued uncertainty about the future. Outbreaks of COVID-19 have already been reported in both camp settings in Jordan where Syrian refugee populations live, highlighting the potentially dire consequences facing countries hosting large numbers of refugee populations without measures to strengthen accountability, governance, responsibility sharing and funding mechanisms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, the Conseil mondial pour les r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s et la migration<\/a> is launching a series of reports on the multifaceted impacts of COVID-19 on Syrian refugees in Jordan. Rasha Isaiteyeh, economist from the Hashemite University, analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on Jordan\u2019s economy and its continued ability to host over 600,000 Syrian refugees.  Oroub El-Abed and Nuseibah Shabaitah from the Centre for Lebanese Studies in Amman look at the impact of COVID-19 on Syrian refugees \u2013 both in terms of their livelihoods and their intentions regarding eventual return to Syria.  Omar Asfour and Husam Allaham, public health experts based in Amman, analyze the impact of COVID-19 on conditions in Syria and conclude that the prospects for return to Syria continue to be dim \u2014 particularly given the lack of adequate reporting on the extent of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watch the panel discussion on how COVID-19 is impacting the lives of Syrian refugees and the Jordanian government that hosts them.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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WRMC Research Papers on the Impact of COVID-19 on Syrian Refugees in Jordan:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n