Regional Flash Update #51 Syria Situation (31 October 2025)

Key Highlights

• As of 30 October, 1,164,170 Syrian individuals have crossed back to Syria from other countries since 8 December 2024.
• At the same time, over 1.9 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to their places of origin or intended return inside Syria, including more than one million departing from IDP sites in the north of the country. Around seven million remain displaced inside Syria.
• Since the year began, 23,375 refugee returnees have been supported by UNHCR Syria at the key border crossing points with Türkiye and Lebanon. UNHCR and partners continue monitoring their post-return situation through home visits and referring those in need to available services, including at the UNHCR-supported community centres in their areas of return.
• In Türkiye, under the 36-month Project on “Strengthening national mechanisms for voluntary, safe, dignified and orderly returns to Syria”, funded by the European Union and implemented in partnership with the Presidency of Migration Management (PMM), the nationwide voluntary return cash assistance officially launched on 27 October, extending to all 81 provinces and targeting beneficiaries of the Social Safety Net (SSN), Complementary SSN (C-SSN), and Persons with Specific Needs (PwSNs) who have expressed an intention to return.
• To address the most pressing requirements of refugee returnees, UNHCR continued the distribution of its Return and Reintegration Financial Assistance in Syria, reaching 13,185 returnee families (44,904 individuals) to date.
• UNHCR provided full Core Relief Item (CRI) kits to 13,005 returnee and IDP households (61,935 individuals) in Syria during the reporting week.
• The Syria is Home platform – a website that offers refugees and IDPs clear information about their rights, answers to common questions about voluntary return, and provides guidance on how to access support and services available in Syria – continued to attract significant attention, with 3,500 visitors recorded during the week.

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