Unstoppable Spirit: Mohammad’s Journey Beyond Disability in Zaatari Camp

In the early 1990s, UNHCR operations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan were relatively small, serving a few thousand refugees and asylum-seekers from several countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. In the aftermath of the Iraqi war in 2003, the operation expanded to meet the refugees who were fleeing Iraq.

After the crisis in Syria erupted in March 2011, however, tens of thousands – and later hundreds of thousands – of Syrian refugees were forced to flee across the border and seek international protection in Jordan. For the last decade, UNHCR has been working to ensure their protection.

More than 500,000 Syrian refugees are currently registered with UNHCR in Jordan. Additionally, the Kingdom hosts refugees of Iraqi, Yemeni, Sudanese, Somali and other nationalities.

UNHCR Jordan is now running two main offices across the Kingdom (Amman and Irbid) and has presence in Jordan’s two main refugee camps, Azraq and Zaatari.

UNHCR works closely with the Government of Jordan and numerous other national and international partners in providing protection and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as to Jordanian communities affected by the refugee influx.

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