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| U.N. Resumes Food Aid for Syrian Refugees in Jordan |
| 2015-10-28 |
| [AnNahar] The U.N. food agency said Tuesday it had resumed assistance to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in Jordan, a month after suspending aid over a lack of funds. "We stopped assistance in September because we did not have the money," said Jonathan Campbell, the World Food Program's emergency coordinator for Syrian refugees in Jordan. "The good news now is that we have been able to improve what we were doing," he told a news conference. "We are currently feeding this month 212,000 people in the extremely vulnerable category, and 226,000 vulnerable people but not as vulnerable as the first group," he said. Campbell said the program covers the needs of 85 percent of people registered as refugees in the country. We need $15 million each month to continue what we are doing," said Campbell, adding that funds were available until January. The kingdom says it has taken in 1.4 million Syrians fleeing the war but the UNHCR puts the figure at 600,000. Around 80 percent of Syrians in Jordan live outside camps. Campbell told the news conference that 2,000 refugees had stopped collecting food vouchers since September, presumably because they returned home or left Jordan for Europe. In addition, he said, "95,000 people have been excluded either because they do not need assistance or because they left Jordan". He said a survey was conducted among 89 Syrian families who stopped receiving assistance last month "to get an idea of the impact of these cuts in assistance." Thirty-six percent of respondents said they would try to stay in Jordan while almost half said they would consider leaving the kingdom. Of those considering leaving, 20 percent said they would try to travel to Europe while 26 percent said they would head back home to Syria. The UNHCR said Tuesday that more than 700,000 refugees and migrants have reached Europe's Mediterranean shores so far this year, more than half of them from Syria. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Of course if the rule-of-law in the camps were eliminated, and camp inhabitants were armed and permitted to organize into gangs... ...then those who are ISIS would quickly kill off the rest, being the most inclined to viciousness. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-10-28 10:22 |
| #3 They trekked to the camps rather than stay and defend their land. Sorry, but feeding them energizes procreation and exacerbates the process of natural selection. Of course if the rule-of-law in the camps were eliminated, and camp inhabitants were armed and permitted to organize into gangs... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-10-28 08:13 |
| #2 When does the food aid go to Hungary, Slovenia, Germany, etc.? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-10-28 08:07 |
| #1 food should be infused with temporary birth control. This is not heartless but necessary. They shouldnt be creating more mouths to feed while in a camp. once they get out and get a job, then they can go back to procreating. i consider this fair i would accept such a deal myself |
| Posted by: anon1 2015-10-28 08:06 |