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“In recent years significant attention has been given to the situation of migrant workers in Jordan, their conditions and the hardships they face. The Jordanian government’s regular issuance and amendment of laws that protect migrant workers and regulate their presence in Jordan demonstrates its concern about the issue. As part of the debate over migrant workers, questions have been raised about Jordan’s need for foreign labour. Some have questioned whether migrant labour is necessary in Jordan while others have expressed their belief that it competes with Jordanian labour and should be replaced by it. These questions inspired this study. We wanted to look into the Jordanian market’s actual need for migrant labour and whether and how much migrants contribute to the Jordanian economy. We also wanted to look at the feasibility of replacing migrant labour with Jordanian labour. We hope that this study may serve as a starting point for similar in-depth studies on the subject.”