Prof. Dr. Tariq Al Azab

Vice President For Vocational Education

Email: tazab@bau.edu.jo / viceve@bau.edu.jo

Hani Al Sawallah

Head at the Training and Development Department, Ministry of Labor

SKILLS DIMENSION OF MIGRATION: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ETF PARTNER

COUNTRIES

Hotel Marriott Grand Place,

15 – 16 September 2015 Brussels

BASSIM ALDAHAMSHEH

ASSISTANT DIRCTOR OF NATIONALITY AND FORIGEN AFFAIRS

-Lack of political and security stability in the neighboring countries.

-due to the political and security stability in Jordan -Increasing the proportion of

immigration to Jordan from these countries.

-Resulting in economic, political and social negative effects summoned by Jordanian

government to develop policies to deal with the immigration file.

-It originated partnership with the European Union \ Euro-Mediterranean migration

project- to reach a correct figure for the number of migrants and thus the development

of strategies and policies based on accurate figures.

-Jordanian government entrusted the task of collecting data on foreign immigrants to

Department of Statistics.

Preface

- The Jordanian government conducts large amendments to the residence and the law

of foreign affairs and this project was raised to the Council of parliament and the

work will be done immediately after the approval of the official authorities.

-The Jordanian government is working to improve the quality of technical

equipment used at border posts in order to prevent illegal immigration.

-and it has also worked on improving workers capabilities at borders.

-with the increase in immigration to the Kingdom, increased the interest in the

subject of human rights and prevent human trafficking.

-The Jordanian government is cooperating largely with the European Union in all

topics of migration and had a prominent role in the Euromed Phase III project; and

this cooperation will continue in the fourth phase of the Euromed project.

-The Jordanian government signed a joint political declaration with EU interior

ministers concerning the movement and migration and security partnership.

Migrations to Jordan

•The first migration of the Palestinians in 1948; (506000) Palestinians

migrated to Jordan

•The second migration of the Palestinians in 1967; (350000)

Palestinians migrated to Jordan

So we have more than (2) millions Palestinian refugees.

•Lebanese immigration came in 1974;

•First Iraqi immigration to Jordan after Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in

1990

•Second Iraqi immigration to Jordan after USA entry to Iraq in 2003

So we have more than (400) thousand Iraqi refugees.

•The Syrians migration to Jordan after the internal crisis in their country,

which began in 2011 and continues to react till now.

So we have more than (1.4) million Syrian refugees.

•Libyan crisis, the advent of patients for treatment in Jordan in 2011

•Yemenis crisis, the advent of patients for treatment in Jordan in 2015

Due to such huge number of

immigrants Jordan suffers hardly in

economic ,infrastructure ,natural

resources, social aspects.

Moreover , Jordan is one of four

poorest countries in water resources.

Expatriate workers in Jordan

• There's around (600) thousand of Egyptians working

in Jordan in different fields.

• There's (70) thousand of Asian (Bengal, Sri Lanka,

India and Pakistan) are working in Jordan Especially

in Factories and Agricultural field, and as home

workers.

• We have (80) thousand from other countries working

in several sectors in Jordan.

Number of arrivals

2012 2013 2014

arrival arrival arrival

Male 222286 226204 254124

Female 57512 59993 70286

Total 279798 286197 324410

2012/2011 2013/2012 2014/2013 الـــجامعـة

University

179823 185617 205575 Total Governmental Universities

61566 60574 72329 Total Private universities

241389 246191 272740 Total Grand Total

The Number of Students in Jordanian Universities

2012/2011 2013/2012 2014/2013 الـــجامعـة

University

13943 15052 12516 Total Governmental Universities

13447 13670 16840 Total Private universities

27420 28722 29356 Total Grand Total

The Number of foreign Students in Jordanian

Universities

Under graduate Syrian students in

ministry of education

- We have more than (140) thousands Syrian

students teaching in Jordanian schools.