jane arraf, al jazeera. >>> ambassador always good to see you. king abdalla has said that his country is at what he called the boiling point because of the influx of refugees. jordan is an important u.s. ally in the region. what do you think the king wanted from the president? >> well, i think in the first instance that the king needs economic assistance. as jane arraf just noted in the piece, the influx of syrian refugees is creating a downward pressure on salaries and on income. and the jordanians simply can't tolerate that. jordan is a country that is bereft by most natural resources, even water isn't something they have much of. so they need economic assistance in the first instance. i think the king wanted and engagement that was serious and has a reasonable probability of success bringing about some sort of ceasefire in syria while simultaneously dealing with i.s.i.l. in syria and in iraq. >> is it helping jordan in the self interest especially in europe if jordan can't help refugees they're more likely to keep moving west. >> that's right.

near the jordanian border, the small kingdom warned its reach its limits in taking in refugees, jane arraf has this report from the jordan-syrian border. >> reporter: there are traffic jams here all the time now. this population doubled in the past five years. 100,000 syrian refugees outnumbered 90,000 jordanians. university students celebrated the graduation. it will be difficult for them to find jobs. the municipality is struggling with jordanians feeling neglected within a city within a system. >> assistance should be directed to landowners, and the rest to syrians. in the past it was directed to syrians, but not jordanians. >> reporter: there are religious and cultural lengths and tribal ties between jordanians and syrians. many in the north of jordan feel they are paying the price for hospitality. when the syrian refugees came, jordanians are welcoming them into their homes. now there's more syrians than jordanians, there's a different feeling. poem don't see an end to the conflict and some worry the temporary guests are becoming permanent residents. jordanians are competing with syri

jane arraf reports from jordan. >> reporter: mohamed and achmed are studies to become pharmacists. scholarships from an aid organization. but as syrian refugees they won't be allowed to work. mohamed lives with his sister and children. in syrian he studied chemical engineering. he learned how to repair cell phones, but he couldn't do that either. >> translator: i couldn't find work, because first say they syrians are forbidden from working, and if you find someone who knows someone at the labor board, they say you have to have a full set of tools, and they are very expensive. >> reporter: he says one by one his friends have left. many heading for europe. he and achmed spend a lot of time walking around the streets. achmed still has a bullet in his shoulder after being shot in syria. he worked at a sweet shop for a while, but says he was put in jail for a week for working illegally. the economy is overwhelmed by so many refugees. it says if the west wants them to take in more syrians, including thousands stranded at the border, it has to do more to help. when syrians do work most ea

but as jane arraf reports from aman, there are still some serious obstacles. >> mohammed is in damascus. worked in the ice cream business since he was 14. when fighting started and syria's most famous chain of ice cream parlors came to jordan, ie came to jordan too. jordanians would drive to damascus for the day just for ice cream. the chain is opening two more branches in oman. under jordanian law there is a limit how many syrians they can hire. >> translator: we've had a lot of problems with labor inspectors, they come and take workers away if they do not have permits. that's why we make sure we do everything legally. >> reporter: under the deal with jordan, they are to make available 200,000 more work permits over the next few years. the donors would pay most of the costs. 100,000 syrians are believed to be working in jordan, 40% of them in construction. without work permits they have no legal protection. they work longer hours than jordanians. addressing those issues, it could help thousands of syrians to support themselves in jordan without leaving for europe. permits mostly in con

jane arraf, al jazeera. >>> swedens foreign ministry says a panel has ruled that wikileaks founder haslegally detained. the british government says it still has an obligation to extradite him to sweden, where he faces allegations of sexual assault. i'm joined by a international lawyer. good to have you with us. this is not a legally binding ruling upon the u.k. which forces london to remove its post outside. >> it is binding in honor. yes, it does. this is a u.n. tribunal. it's the u.n. tribunal that ruled in favor of mr. nasheed, it ruled in favor of [ inaudible ], and of the american journalist who has just been released by iran, so it's a very important tribunal, and britain and sweden are honor bound to abide by the decision for this reason. they are honor bound, they are part of the adversary system, and if they lose, then they are honor bound to accept the decision, and to abide to the recommendations, see what they can do. we don't know what the decision is at this stage. it's released tomorrow morning. although, interestingly enough, it has already been released a couple of wee