Germany proposes short-term jobs for half a million Syrian refugees

Germany intends to suggest a device to help Syrian refugees to survive in host countries.

According to reports from The Republic, Germany proposes creating 500,000 short-term jobs for Syrian immigrants. The proposal will be presented next week at the Syria Aid Conference in London, says Gerd Mueller, minister for economic cooperation.

Mueller said that Syrian refugees as well as unemployed Jordanians will be employed to work in building schools or infrastructures. The participants will be paid about 300 euros ($325) a month, the news site stated.

CTV News shared that Germany will subsidize 200 million euros ($217 million) and would ask for other donors to contribute.

"This program ... can create 500,000 jobs in the whole region with 2 billion euros," Mueller said as cited by CTV News while speaking in Jordan's Baqaa refugee camp. The camp was established almost half a century ago for Palestinian refugees, but now housing thousands of displaced Syrians.

Since 2011, 4.3 million Syrians fled civil war and settled in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In Lebanon, 1.2 million Syrians are registered while 630,000 in Jordan. Due to shortage of aids for food and cash, many refugees headed to Europe, especially in Germany while those who are still trying to escape, headed to the border of Jordan waiting for permission to enter. However, Jordan is concerned for Islamic State extremists to move in posing as refugees.     

The news source mentioned that International aid officials commended Jordan to be quick in their assessments so that refugees could be housed in UN-run camp.  

Yahoo News posted labor rights for Syrian immigrants will be the main issue to be discussed at the London conference. Since both Jordan and Lebanon are facing high unemployment rate thus preventing refugees to work legally, Germany will support the "preferential trade arrangements, custom arrangements and tax privileges for investments in Jordan."

Jordanian officials plan to set up special economic zones to encourage foreign investments possibly generating jobs for Syrians and Jordanians alike. 

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