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Slow Reform: Protection of Migrant Domestic Workers in Asia and the Middle East

27 April 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports

World Refugee Survey 2009 - Jordan

17 June 2009 | Publisher: United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants | Document type: Annual Reports

Jordan: 1. Please provide detailed information on the status of Palestinians from Gaza in Jordan, their socio-economic circumstances; the discrimination they encounter with respect to employment, access to services and property rights; and the degree of hardship faced by members this group in their day to day lives. 2. Country information suggests that Palestinians from Gaza are allowed to work in the private sector in Jordan. Please provide a realistic assessment of this proposition in the context of Jordan's official and unofficial employment rates; the level of Palestinians' participation in the private (unskilled) work force; their rate of success in finding employment, and information suggesting that between 30% and 60% of Palestinians live below poverty levels in Jordan. 3. What is the extent of assistance provided by UNRWA to Palestinians from Gaza living in Jordan? 4. Are Palestinians from Gaza prevented from obtaining driver's licenses in Jordan? 5. Are Palestinians from Gaza at risk of temporary detention or other forms of mistreatment by the Jordanian authorities due to circumstances arising out of their status, e.g. lack of access to a national ID number? 6. Is there information to suggest that the Jordanian Embassy in Australia has refused to renew temporary Jordanian passports held by Palestinians from Gaza? 7. Has the UAE passed new laws preventing Palestinians and Iraqis, particularly those holding temporary travel documents, from being able to enter the country on work visas?

1 December 2008 | Publisher: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Query Responses

Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon

10 July 2008 | Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) | Document type: Country Reports

World Refugee Survey 2008 - Jordan

19 June 2008 | Publisher: United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants | Document type: Annual Reports

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants World Refugee Survey 2007 - Jordan

11 July 2007 | Publisher: United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants | Document type: Annual Reports

Jordan: Information on the rights associated with the status of temporary resident, and on whether temporary resident status can be made permanent

1 March 1996 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Jordan: Information on 1) what rights do Palestinians living in Amman have to a five-year Jordanian passport; 2) the possibility for Palestinians to obtain a five-year Jordanian passport and a UNWRA certified document

1 November 1991 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Jordan: Information on the citizenship of a children born in Jordan, the mother is Jordanian and the father, a Lebanese, is holding a work permit

1 August 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Jordan: 1. Status of Zimbabwean national in Jordan; 2. Can a Zimbabwean national obtain a working permit, permanent residence or citizenship status in Jordan; if so, what are the terms and conditions? 3. Jordanian authorities attitude toward or treatment of Zimbabwean refugees?

1 February 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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