Jordanâs Prime Minister Marouf al Bakheet and the UNRWAâs Commissioner General Filippo Grandi appealed for monetary aid to appeal for finances to fund the UNWRAâs work among Palestinian refugees. In a speech to the UNRWAâs advisory council the two warned of instability if services to the regions 3.6 million Palestinian refugees were not continued. Al Bakheet called on international governments and international donors to support the work of the UNRWA who is responsible for providing services to Palestinian refugees displaced from their homes in 1948 and 1967. Given the upheavals in the region, which al Barkheet described as âtotally in line with the aspirations and hopes in the regionâ, continued support for refugees was essential to Jordanâs national security.
UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, announcing a $63 million deficit for 2011, echoed the Jordanian PMâs concerns saying that âthe events sweeping the region have resonated in the Palestinian refugee communities, where grievances about long-denied rights, as well as aspirations for a better life, run deepâ.
Nearly two million Palestinian refugees reside in Jordan, many of whom are marginalized from Jordanian society. The UNRWA is charged with caring for the refugees in the interim of a long term solution to their exodus from their homes in Israel and Palestine.






