Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of the population, Dr. Sawsan Majali said, by the presence of refugees in Jordan and to continue the flow of it, changes would do "demographic" in the kingdom.

Al-Majali said in exclusive statements to "Ammon" The presence of nearly 2.5 million people of non-Jordanians led to a significant rise in population growth rates in Jordan, "which will reflect negatively on the development plans in all areas and will be a challenge in front of exploitation check opportunity population expected due to the difference patterns of childbearing and death to non-Jordanians patterns prevailing among Jordanians. "

She said the presence of large numbers of non-Jordanians will have a negative impact on the Jordanian society which is characterized by the interdependence of family through the customs and traditions of different non-Jordanians, "will the presence of these large numbers to the spread of crime and the high rates and the spread of communicable diseases and diseases that have been eradicated in Jordan polio as a disease, for example. "

She noted that the presence of large numbers of foreign workers has led to its dominance of some economic sectors as agriculture and construction sectors in particular.

She spoke to the waves of immigration coming into the Kingdom is not limited to foreign labor only, but there were successive waves of forced migrations due to political conflicts in the region during the last century, most recently the advent of continuous waves of Syrian refugees, who estimated the number of Syrians living them in Jordan currently more than 1.4 million people form about half of whom are registered refugees.

A study issued by the UNHCR, the United Nations recently published, on the presence of 44 nationalities refugee in Jordan.