Assessments

This Annual Programme Assessment evaluates UNHCR Jordan’s Basic Needs Cash Assistance programme for 2025. This programme, while reduced in size compared to earlier years due to funding reductions, remains a significant assistance programme to refugees in…

Jordan continues to face significant labour-market challenges shaped by economic, demographic, and political factors, including the presence of one of the largest refugee populations globally relative to its size. Limited access to stable employment has contributed…

Introduction This report provides an overview of UNHCR Jordan’s engagement with refugee returns to Syria following the change in Government in December 2024. UNHCR’s engagement in voluntary repatriation for Syrian refugees is guided by its position on…

UNHCR’s engagement in voluntary repatriation for Syrian refugees focuses on: Ensuring returns are voluntary and informed by providing reliable, up-to-date information. Supporting safe and dignified return for those who choose to go back, through practical assistance where possible. Returnee…

Executive Summary Household demographics The 2025 Health Access and Utilization Survey conducted in Zaatari camp indicates that the demographic profile of refugee households remains largely consistent with the 2024 findings. Nearly three-quarters of households are headed by men,…

Executive Summary Household demographics The 2025 HAUS interviewed 701 households in Azraq Refugee Camp. The data showed that 66 per cent of household heads were male, with nearly 60 per cent aged 36–59 years and 36 per cent…

Background UNHCR has registered a significant refugee population living in Jordan. They come predominantly from Syria, while there are also large groups from Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, and Somalia1. Jordan is currently hosting slightly over to 41,100 non-Syrian…

Background Despite its no longer the largest displacement crisis, the Syrian refugee crisis continues to be a complex and protracted humanitarian crisis. Current numbers indicate that 13 million people were displaced either internally or externally1. At the…

This field study is part of the EMPOWER Jordan project, implemented in partnership with the Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) in Jordan with generous funding provided by the European Union. The project focuses on…

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