Podcast: Refugee Crisis Taking Toll on Jordan, Imad Fakhoury
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Refugee Crisis Taking Toll on Jordan, Imad Fakhoury
May 20, 2016
Syrian refugees wait to cross to a camp in Jordan. The wave of refugees is costing Jordan an average of $2 billion per year. (Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh) |
Of the 5 million people fleeing civil war in Syria, more than a million have ended up in Jordan. The refugee crisis has hit host countries like Jordan hard. Imad Fakhoury, Jordan’s minister of planning, joined a seminar about Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis, at the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings. In this podcast, Fakhoury talks about the impacts of the refugee crisis on Jordan. Imad Fakhoury, Jordan’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation |
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