Influx of Syrian returnees from Jordan soars

Damascus, Aug 28 (Prensa Latina) At least four thousand Syrian refugees returned to their country from Jordan during the first seven months of this year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported today, quoted by local media.

August 28, 2024
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This figure represents a 57 percent year-on-year increase, the UNHCR indicated, adding that currently Jordan hosts more than 1.3 million Syrians, who fled their places of origin after war broke out in Syria in 2011, including 625 thousand refugees registered with UNHCR.

Additionally, a total of 27,091 Syrian displaced people returned from Egypt, Lebanon, Turkiye, Iraq and Jordan in the first seven months of 2024, compared to 20,061 over the same period in 2023, an increase of more than 35 percent.

According to Syrian authorities, more than five million of displaced people and refugees abroad have returned home, half of them after 2018.

The Government in Damascus has pledged all efforts in assisting the displaced people to return, home, despite the huge hurdles deriving from the armed conflict imposed on Syrian by the West.

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