Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A yayin wata hira da BBC a watan Janairun 2016, Abdullah ya ce Jordan tana kan "mafarki" saboda kwararar 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya, Jordan ta yi ikirarin cewa sama da' yan Siriya miliyan sun nemi mafaka a Jordan. Sarkin ya lura da matsin lamba a kan tattalin arzikin kasar, kayayyakin more rayuwa da ayyuka. Ya yi gargaɗi: "Ina tsammanin, ba da daɗewa ba, madatsar ruwa za ta fashe. A tarihi, Jordan ta yi maraba da 'yan gudun hijirar Falasdinawa a
1948 da 1967, 'yan Iraki a lokacin mamayewar Amurka kuma yanzu' yan Siriya, wadanda suka kai kusan kashi 20 cikin dari na yawan mutanen Jordan miliyan 9.5 a lokacin <unk> kuma, a cewar Abdullah, "A karo na farko, ba za mu iya yin hakan ba".