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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has many migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. There are also many particularities as regards them. On the one hand, Jordan is not a party to the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. This means that globally most common international agreements on refugees and the rights of refugees are not legally binding in Jordan. On the other hand, Jordan has globally the second highest proportion (8.9%) of refugees of the national population. In Jordan, the status of a refugee is in accordance with the government of Jordan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). There are refugees who have lived in Jordan for decades and refugees who arrived only recently. The amount of refugees in Jordan has grown substantially in the 2010s due to the war in Syria. In 2017, about 736,400 registered refugees lived in Jordan (UNHCR 2017). However, in addition, there were almost the same number of “people of concern”. These are mostly Syrians who fled from Syria but have not officially been registered as refugees by the government of Jordan and the UNHCR. However, according to Human Rights Watch (2017b),“in 2017, Jordan did not permit Syrians to enter the country to seek asylum.” According to the current legislation, the authorities of Jordan require that Syrians register with the Ministry of Interior and are issued a biometric service card. In addition, Syrians should register with the UNHCR. They need to be issued either a proof of registration in formal refugee camps in Jordan or an asylum seeker certificate if they reside in host communities. If a Syrian refugee does not have a …