IBC’s President & Members Meet with Members of the US Embassy Delegation In IBC Offices
On Tuesday October 11th 2022, IBC’s President, Dr. Majid Sadi, Vice President & Secretary-General, Dr. Saad Naji, IBC Board member, Dr. Osama Al-Quraishi, and IBC Director General met with the delegation of the Refugees Support Program at the Political Section of the United States Embassy in Jordan to discuss the situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and the mechanisms of supporting them by obtaining the approval of the Jordanian government to allow them to work in Jordan.
The US Embassy delegation included the Senior Coordinator of Refugees Affairs, Mr. Roberts McInturff, the Senior Coordinator of Refugees Affairs, Mrs. Rebecca White and the Assistant Refugees Support Programs, Mrs. Khulud Al-Edwan.
At the beginning of the meeting, Dr. Sadi welcomed members of the Embassy delegation and reviewed the volume of Iraqi investment in Jordan, and the support provided by the Iraqi Business Council to Iraqi investors and members of the Iraqi community in Jordan, especially the refugees.
Dr. Sadi then reviewed the humanitarian side that IBC works on through its Humanitarian Program “Istijaba” (Response), which was launched by the Council within the social responsibility to serve community under the UN Global Compact, as through this Program professional workshops and courses were set up to train the refugees with cooperation of the international organizations and UN agencies, stressing that the tourism sector in Jordan absorbs large number of labor.
He proposed approaching the Jordanian official authorities to allow Iraqi refugees to work in the Tourism sector.
For his part, Mr. Robert McInturff reviewed the file of Iraqi refugees registered in the “UNHCR”, indicating that their number is about 66.000 registered refugees.
He stressed the endeavors of the US government and the UN to approach the Jordanian official authorities to allow Iraqi refugees to work in the Jordanian market, especially in the industry, agriculture and construction sectors just like the Syrians, while keeping the asylum certificate.
The Embassy delegation talked about the services provided by the Refugees Support Program of the US government.
At the end of the meeting, the US Embassy delegation thanked IBC Chairman and members for organizing this meeting.
