VOL. XLVI

No 20

19-May-2003

SYRIA

Syrian Unemployment Reaches 1.2Mn, Says Commission

Husain al-'Amash, President of Syrias Unemployment Commission (UC), estimates that Syrian unemployment has reached 1.2mn or 22% of the active population, according to a report in the monthly journal The Syria Report. Mr 'Amash estimates that the number of unemployed persons registered at job centers has almost doubled from 440,000 in 2001 to 800,000 in 2002. The huge surge in registered unemployment follows the...