Amnesty Report growing restrictions, tough conditions.pdf

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GROWINGRESTRICTIONS,

TOUGH CONDITIONSTHE PLIGHT OF THOSE FLEEING SYRIATO JORDAN


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CONTENTS

1. Introduction .............................................................................................................52. Turmoil in Syria........................................................................................................73. Refugees from Syria in Jordan: an overview..................................................................!. "ccess to Jordanian territory ....................................................................................1#

!.1 $ategories of %eo%le denied access......................................................................1#!.2 &$losures' of t(e )order.....................................................................................11!.3 *orced returns...................................................................................................12

5. Retention of identity documents...............................................................................1!+. $onditions in ,a-atri refugee cam%............................................................................1+

+.1 Registration ......................................................................................................1++.2 ealt( ..............................................................................................................17+.3 /ducation .........................................................................................................1+.! Security and law and order .................................................................................1+.5 0omen and girls ................................................................................................1+.+ eo%le wit( disa)ilities and older %ersons ............................................................1

7. alestinians in $y)er $ity ........................................................................................2#7.1 "r)itrary detention.............................................................................................2#7.2 Se%aration of families ........................................................................................2#

. $onditions for refugees in (ost communities..............................................................22. t(er neig()ouring countries ...................................................................................23

.1 4e)anon ...........................................................................................................23


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.2 Turey.............................................................................................................. 2!.3 Ira6 .................................................................................................................25.! /gy%t ...............................................................................................................25.5 Israel ...............................................................................................................2+

1#. T(e res%onse of t(e international community........................................................... 271#.1 *unding and su%%ort ....................................................................................... 271#.2 rotection in /uro%e........................................................................................271#.3 Resettlement and (umanitarian admission.........................................................2

11. Recommendations................................................................................................ 3#11.1 International solidarity ..................................................................................... 3#11.2 Jordan and ot(er countries neig()ouring Syria ...................................................31

12. /ndnotes .............................................................................................................33


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Growing restrictions, tough conditions

The !ight o" those "!eeing S#ri$ to Jord$n

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&* INTRODUCTION"lmost one t(ird of Syria-s %o%ulation (ave fled t(eir (omes.1ore t(an 2 million are

refugees living outside Syria 8 mostly in 4e)anon9 Jordan9 Turey9 Ira6 and /gy%t28 and !.25million individuals are dis%laced internally in Syria.3T(ey (ave fled wides%read violence and

(uman rig(ts a)uses9 including war crimes and crimes against (umanity.

T(e num)er of %eo%le fleeing Syria (as soared t(is year. ver 1 million %eo%le fled in t(e

first five mont(s of 2#13 alone. T(e ; ig( $ommissioner for Refugees


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Syria (ave )een su)Dected to a)use9 including collective eE%ulsions from ?reece and ill@

treatment from officials.

T(e content of t(is re%ort relating to Jordan is largely )ased on a researc( visit to t(e country

in June 2#13. T(e "mnesty International delegation met wit( re%resentatives of t(e

Jordanian aut(orities9 ; agencies9 international (umanitarian agencies9 non@governmentalorganiCations


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