The Haddad family have moved since I first visited them in Jordan last year in 2018: they’re still living in the same building in East Amman, but this time ten-year-old Saber led me past the door of the apartment I knew and up to the next floor. It was cosier, because it was smaller, and therefore cheaper—150 Jordanian dinars a month (about $210) rather than 250 dinars ($350) for the more spacious floor below. Spacious, yes, but the old one felt more desolate as a result. The furniture seemed sparse, if, on occasion, innovative. The baby’s cradle was a plastic vegetable crate, lined with blankets, hung from a water pipe in the ceiling, free to swing.… Seguir leyendo »
Over the past month, fighting in southern Syria has displaced more than 300,000 people — the most at any one time in Syria’s nearly seven-year civil war. More than 60,000 of these Syrians fled south, hoping to find safety in Jordan. But Jordan’s government closed the border and refused to let them in, claiming the country has already done enough to help Syrian refugees.
Many Jordanians reacted angrily to the government’s position — #OpenTheBorders became a top trending Twitter hashtag in the country as people called the decision shameful and vowed to share their bread with the refugees. Some Jordanians matched words with actions, organizing private relief efforts to help those trapped on the border.… Seguir leyendo »
Since 2011, the civil war in Syria has killed more than 470,000 people, mostly civilians. Millions of people have been displaced, and nearly five million Syrians have fled, creating the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. By far the greatest burden of receiving Syria’s refugees has fallen not on the United States or on Europe, but on Syria’s neighbors: Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. Together, these countries are hosting most of the five million Syrians.
Each is coping with huge challenges, with different degrees of success. In my visits to those three countries, I‘ve been struck by how much more dignity has been accorded to Syrian refugees in Turkey than in Jordan, and especially in Lebanon.… Seguir leyendo »
Jordania y Líbano acogen al menos a 1.700.000 refugiados sirios en condiciones difíciles, lo que está causando tensiones en ambos países.
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Los sirios que huyen de la guerra y buscan refugio en Jordania y Líbano tienen que hacer frente a numerosas dificultades provocadas, fundamentalmente, por el desafío que la afluencia masiva de refugiados supone para dos países de recursos limitados, y que no han recibido la totalidad de las ayudas internacionales acordadas. Según se prolonga el conflicto sirio, se hace cada vez más patente que sin un mayor compromiso en el cumplimento de los acuerdos alcanzados en cumbres y encuentros globales, tanto Líbano como Jordania se enfrentan a una mayor inestabilidad interna, que repercute en su capacidad de atender correctamente a la población refugiada.… Seguir leyendo »
For millions of Syrian civilians trapped for five years by a relentless war, mere lifesaving aid, let alone refuge, is out of reach. But for the 75,000 displaced people caught on Jordan’s desert frontier with Syria, salvation is only yards away. Unlike many of their fellow citizens, they can be saved. So why have they been effectively abandoned?
They are assembled in a kind of buffer zone on an inhospitable strip of land, much of it within Jordanian territory, just north of the official Jordanian border. But that border is closed, which prevents aid from reaching these desperate refugees and at the same time prevents them from seeking safety.… Seguir leyendo »
Today we traveled along the Syrian border to a security checkpoint with King Abdullah II and some of his military advisers. Jordan has many borders, all potentially porous: 365 kilometers (about 227 miles) facing Syria, 180 kilometers (about 110 miles) facing Iraq, and the rest facing Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Palestinian territories. Their vulnerabilities are clear and visible from the air. But the Jordanian military is vigilant, using very sophisticated surveillance equipment and poring over digital video feeds in real time to spot problems.
There are constantly, even now, people who make a break from Syria to the safety of Jordan only to find they are being shot at by their own troops.… Seguir leyendo »
Poor Jordan. A small, economically precarious country, it shares a two-hundred-mile border with Syria. Yet unlike Syria’s other neighbors, Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon, it rarely gets any attention in the international press. Indeed, while the world focuses on the European Union’s controversial deal with Turkey—in which Ankara has agreed to limit the number of asylum-seekers hoping to reach Greece’s shores in exchange for a lavish foreign aid package from Europe—hardly anything has been said about this crucial American ally on Syria’s southern border. But as I observed on a recent visit, Jordan is struggling to cope with vast numbers of refugees and an alarming rise in extremism.… Seguir leyendo »
La Syrie, en proie à un conflit d’une violence et d’une intensité exceptionnelle, a donné naissance à l’un des mouvements de réfugiés les plus massifs au Moyen-Orient depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le Haut Commissariat des Nations unies aux réfugiés (HCR) estime que plus de 4 millions de Syriens ont quitté leur pays depuis le début de la crise. Ironie de l’histoire, la Syrie avait été le principal pays d’accueil pour plusieurs centaines de milliers de réfugiés irakiens fuyant le chaos et la violence après la chute du régime de Saddam Hussein en 2003, sans compter la présence sur son sol de près de 500 000 réfugiés palestiniens.… Seguir leyendo »
Hace unos días tuve la oportunidad de visitar Zaatari, un campo de refugiados levantado a 90 kilómetros de Amán en el que viven 79.000 personas procedentes de Siria. Jordania ha sido generosa con aquellas personas y familias que han alcanzado el país tras huir de la guerra. La mayoría de los países de la UE también están dando muestras de generosidad, entre ellos España. Pero la generosidad no basta. La imprescindible acogida de quienes huyen no puede ser solución para los millones de personas desplazadas. La raíz del problema está allí, en Siria, y no queda más remedio que influir y presionar para alcanzar unos acuerdos mínimos con el país origen de esta crisis migratoria.… Seguir leyendo »
This past weekend marked the third anniversary of the Syrian uprising against President Bashar al-Assad — and the outlook is increasingly grim.
Peace talks last month in Geneva have left future negotiations uncertain. Syria has failed to meet benchmarks for eliminating chemical weapons and will likely miss a June 30 deadline to destroy its entire arsenal. Violence is intensifying between the regime and the rebels.
Through all this, Washington has been intensely focused on Syria’s internal fault lines. But with hundreds of thousands of refugees flooding into Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq, the crisis has swelled far beyond Syria’s borders. It is imperative, then, to start tackling the Syrian spillover now before the situation becomes even worse — and Jordan is the best place to start.… Seguir leyendo »
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