Jordan: Step Forward, Step Back for Urban Refugees
March 25, 2018
March 25, 2018
AMMAN, Jordan, March 25 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Jordan began on March 4, 2018 to regularize the status of many refugees who have been living in towns and cities without permits, offering them greater protection, Human Rights Watch said today. However, on January 24, the government revoked the eligibility for subsidized health care for people living outside refugee camps.
The March 4 decision will protect thousands of vulnerable Syrian re . . .
Jordan began on March 4, 2018 to regularize the status of many refugees who have been living in towns and cities without permits, offering them greater protection, Human Rights Watch said today. However, on January 24, the government revoked the eligibility for subsidized health care for people living outside refugee camps.
The March 4 decision will protect thousands of vulnerable Syrian re . . .