Resources on ILO response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis

  1. High risk of child labour for Syrian refugees in Jordan

    15 April 2014

    In response to the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan, the ILO has identified child labour as a priority issue. Already, the Jordanian Government says that child labour has doubled nationwide - to 60,000 - since the refugee influx began in 2011.

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    Syrian refugees in Lebanon face harsh working conditions

    02 April 2014

    An ILO assessment of Syrian refugee employment in Lebanon finds that low wages, high unemployment and lack of labour market regulation pose serious challenges to livelihoods for both residents and refugees in host communities.

  3. Building livelihood resilience amidst a refugee crisis

    05 March 2014

    The ILO’s efforts to build the employment and livelihoods of Jordanian communities hosting Syrian refugees have begun to bear fruit.

  4. Report of the rapid assessment on: Child Labour in the Urban Informal Sector in three governorates of Jordan (Amman, Mafraq and Irbid)

    01 February 2014

  5. Rapid Assessment (RA) on Child Labour Agricultural Sector in Jordan / Mafraq & Jordan Valley (Ghor):Jordanians and Syrian Working Children

    01 February 2014

  6. ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

    21 November 2013

    The ILO has developed its own development-focused strategy to respond to the crisis in Jordan.

  7. ILO promotes jobs for refugee-hosting communities in Jordan

    14 November 2013

    ILO works with refugee-hosting communities in Mafraq and Irbid to create jobs in agro-business.

  8. ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan – Labour Market Assessment

    23 October 2013

    The ILO is carrying out an assessment on the impact of the Syrian crisis on the Jordanian labour market, with a particular focus on host communities.

  9. Enhanced Access to Employment Opportunities and Livelihoods in Jordanian Host Communities within the framework of ILO's response to the Syrian Refugee

    23 October 2013

    One of the key components of the ILO’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis is to enhance employment opportunities and livelihoods in underprivileged host communities.

  10. ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan – Child Labour

    23 October 2013

    The ILO is stepping up its efforts to work with other UN agencies and national partners to combat the rapidly growing problem of child labour among refugees and, as an important first step, obtaining more data on this phenomenon for future interventions.