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UN humanitarian chief sees first-hand harrowing conditions of refugees at Syria-Jordan border's berm 2 September 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
UN agency welcomes Jordan's measures to improve Syrian refugees' access to jobs 19 April 2016 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Work permit boost gives hope to Syrian refugees in Jordan 19 April 2016 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
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

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