4 July 2016 

The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) in response to the Syria Crisis brings together more than 200 partners in a coordinated, region-wide response to assist Syrian refugees and the communities hosting them in neighboring countries, including Jordan. The 3RP was launched on December 2015 and as of 31 May 2016, only USD 1.38 billion (30 % of the interagency requirements of the 3RP) have been received.  

The London Conferences, held in February 2015 to bring together donors, humanitarian actors and affected countries, was crucial to establish next steps and solutions in the assistance of the more than 4,841,000 refugees registered in Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan as of May 2016. It is now vital that all pledges from the London Conference are disbursed as soon as possible, and with multi-year timeframes, so that the negative impacts of underfunding on refugees and host community members can be alleviated. As an example of the negative consequences of a lack in the funding of the 3RP, at least 10,500 families will not access secondary and tertiary health care in the region, both in Syrian and in the host countries.  

In addition, host governments and communities continue to bear the burden of the political, economic, and social and security spillovers of the conflict. Solidarity and responsibility-sharing with frontline States should always be on the top of the agenda. Since the beginning of the crisis, IOM supports the Jordanian authorities in implementing the humanitarian standards when receiving refugees at the borders, both with equipment and capacitation of front line officers.  

After five and a half years of conflict, the situation in Syria is worsening: there is increased fighting and violence on the ground and no clear road map to peace. Displacement continues inside Syria, with some 6.5 million people displaced, including populations stranded near border areas in the north and south of the country. IOM and UN agencies continue to deliver live-saving humanitarian assistance to the Southern regions of Syria through the border crossing-point of Ramtha, in Jordan.  

Due to the urgent nature of the situation, 3RP partners, among them IOM, call upon the international community to support neighbouring States who are providing an enormous global good and bearing the financial and social costs of the refugee crisis. This includes through increased commitments to resettlement and other forms of humanitarian admission to third countries as a contribution to international responsibility-sharing.