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UN Agencies and Partners Say Funding Shortage Leaves Syrian Refugees and Host Nations Without Vital Support

A shortage of funds is hampering humanitarian and development assistance efforts to meet the needs of 3.9 million refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria, as well as more than 20 million people in affected local communities hosting them in...

Child labour

Working children mark World Day Against Child Labour with theatrical performance

Over 60 Lebanese and Syrian refugee children will mark the World Day Against Child Labour with a theatrical production in order to raise awareness of their plight as child labourers.

World Day Against Child Labour

Working refugee children call for an end to child labour in Lebanon

Refugee children from across Lebanon staged a theatrical performance calling upon decision makers to implement reforms to stamp out child labour in Lebanon.

Towards Decent Work in Lebanon: Issues and Challenges in Light of the Syrian Refugee Crisis

The objective of this report is to review labour market and employment conditions and focuses on both the quantity and quality of jobs in Lebanon in the wake of the Syrian refugee crisis.

ILO response to Syrian refugee crisis

Lebanese farmers pay heavy price for Syrian crisis

The tranquillity of Lebanon's fertile north belies a brewing crisis. Just two miles from Syria and its civil war, local farmers say the conflict has been disastrous for business

Syrian Refugee Crisis

ILO helps Lebanese farming communities hosting Syrian refugees

The ILO has partnered with the local economic development agency in Lebanon’s Northern Akkar region to identify the causes of farmers difficulties that stem from the Syrian refugee crisis, implement solutions to increase their access to markets and...

Syrian refugee crisis in neighbouring countries

Launch of ILO interventions in the agricultural sector in North Lebanon

The ILO is launching its interventions in Akkar in North Lebanon to support the local farmers who have been most affected by the Syrian crisis.

Syrian Refugee Crisis

Helping communities cope: Jordan and the Syrian Refugee Crisis

An International Labour Organization survey on the impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian labour market found that unemployment has increased among both Syrian refugees and Jordanians since 2011. As well as straining Jordan’s...

Syrian Refugees

Syrian refugees, working informally and under harsh conditions, increase pressure on Jordan’s Labour market

The arrival of high numbers of refugees has put further strain on infrastructure, resources and public services like education and health care, and increased competition for already scarce jobs in some sectors.

Study

Informally employed Syrian refugees, working under harsh conditions, further strain Jordanian labour market

The arrival of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees in neighbouring Jordan has increased unemployment in areas in which they are highly concentrated, and further strained the host country’s infrastructure, resources and public services. This has...

Fact Sheet

ILO Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

The Syrian refugee crisis embodies one of the largest and most protracted humanitarian emergencies of modern times. Since 2011, the bulk of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria have found refuge among host communities in neighbouring states.

The Syrian refugee crisis: the ILO's response and proposals

The Syrian refugee crisis: Food sector promotion for urban refugees in Egypt Project proposal

The Syrian refugee crisis: Employment-Intensive Infrastructure Investment and Environmental Protection Irbid and Mafraq, Jordan - Concept...

The Syrian refugee crisis: Emergency funding for the ILO response to the influx of Syrian refugees in Turkey - Project proposal

The Syrian refugee crisis: Livelihoods, Employment and Income for Vulnerable People in North Lebanon - Concept note

The Syrian refugee crisis: Tackling child labour among Syrian refugees and their host communities in Lebanon - Project proposal

Impact of Syrian refugees on the Jordanian labour market

This report presents the main findings of a household survey conducted in the Jordanian governorates of Amman, Irbid and Mafraq between February and March 2014, aimed at assessing the implications of the large influx of Syrian Refugees onto the...

Informal economy

Jordan endorses a national framework for regulating the informal economy

The national framework backs an integrated approach for upgrading the informal economy in Jordan through supporting informal enterprises and workers alike

Syrian refugees in Jordan

Access to work for Syrian refugees in Jordan: a discussion paper on labour and refugee laws and policies

In this discussion paper, the International Labour Organization, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, seeks to develop a qualitative understanding of the legal and policy framework applicable to Syrian refugees seeking work,...