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JORDAN / ILO DG VISIT
STORY: JORDAN / ILO DG VISIT
TRT: 02:12
SOURCE: ILO
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 28 JANUARY 2016, JORDAN
1. Wide shot, Ryder and Minister of Labour Katamine with Zaatari camp manager Hovig Etyemezian
2. Various shots, meeting at UNHCR offices in Zaatari camp
3. Various shots, Syrian refugee families meeting with DG
4. Various shots, meeting at the Al Mafraq governorate office
5. Members of the Local Economic Development (LED) committee,
6. Wide shot, press conference
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labor Organization (ILO):
9. "The challenge is primarily to the international community to provide the assistance, the support, the resources, the policy as well that would better enable the government of Jordan and of other countries to meet the challenges of the refugee response and which would offer possibilities for Syrian refugees to find a way of making a living."
10. Cutaway, press room
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labor Organization (ILO):
"Their [Syrian refugees’] sentiment is that their lives are on hold. Somehow their lives are frozen in the circumstances in which they find themselves, so there is an interest and I think it’s human, I think it’s understandable for them to find a place in labour markets but they know, I know and I’m sure you know that cannot be a situation in which that displaces or compromises the labour market prospects of Jordanian workers."
12. Cutaway, press room
International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder visited Jordan Thursday (28 Jan) to examine first-hand the effects of the Syrian refugee crisis on Jordan’s labour market, ahead of next week’s Syria Donors Conference in London.
During his visit to Zaatari camp, home to almost 80,000 refugees, Ryder met Syrian families and discussed some of the challenges they faced.
The number of registered Syrian refugees in Jordan now exceeds 633,000, most of whom live outside refugee camps. Their presence in host communities has increased competition for jobs, decreased wages, impeded access to public services, and increased child labour.
Ryder’s visit to Jordan takes on added significance ahead of the Syria Donors Conference, set to take place in London on 4 February. The objective of the London conference is not only to raise funding for humanitarian efforts in Syria, but also to provide increased support for Syria's neighbouring countries with a focus on job opportunities and education for refugees and the local hosting populations.
SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labor Organization (ILO):
"The challenge is primarily to the international community to provide the assistance, the support, the resources, the policy as well that would better enable the government of Jordan and of other countries to meet the challenges of the refugee response and which would offer possibilities for Syrian refugees to find a way of making a living."
SOUNDBITE (English) Guy Ryder, Director-General, International Labor Organization (ILO):
"Their (Syrian refugees’) sentiment is that their lives are on hold. Somehow their lives are frozen in the circumstances in which they find themselves, so there is an interest and I think it’s human, I think it’s understandable for them to find a place in labour markets but they know, I know and I’m sure you know that cannot be a situation in which that displaces or compromises the labour market prospects of Jordanian workers."
In 2013, the ILO launched a strategy to respond to the refugee crisis in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Egypt. In Jordan, the ILO initiated a number of activities including the production of local economic development plans for Irbid and Mafraq aimed at generating employment in various industries. Ryder met with the committee that drafted the plan to discuss some of the labour market challenges in the area.
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