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Jordan: UNHCR Operational Update, May 2024

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UNHCR had to reduce the transfer value of its basic needs cash assistance by 25 per cent for refugees in host communities, due to a drastic drop in donor funding. The transfer values in camps remain unchanged.
Thanks to awareness-raising and prevention efforts, the percentage of child marriage against the total registered marriages in Azraq camp dropped from 56 per cent in 2018 to 30 per cent in 2023.

A Syrian refugee in Jordan, who started Taekwondo in Azraq camp, was included in the refugee Olympic team for the Paris Olympic Games 2024.