Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A yayin wata hira da BBC a watan Janairun 2016, Abdullah ya ce Jordan tana kan "maɓallin tafasa" saboda kwararar 'yan gudun hijirar Siriya, Jordan ta ce 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 maraba da 'yan gudun hijirar Falasdinawa a shekarar 1948
da kuma 1967, 'yan Iraki a lokacin mamayewar Amurka da kuma yanzu' yan Siriya, wadanda suka kai kimanin kashi 20 cikin dari na yawan mutanen Jordan miliyan 9.5 a lokacin, kuma, a cewar Abdullah, "A karo na farko, ba za mu iya yin hakan ba".