Lebanon: Operational Update, June - July 2025

Situation overview

• Since 8 December 2024, UNHCR estimates some 698,282 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring countries, including 199,204 via or from Lebanon. Returns and movements occur through both official and unofficial border crossings, creating a fluid picture.

• On 1 July 2025, UNHCR has formally launched its Self-Organized Voluntary Return Programme. To date, more than 17,000 Syrian individuals have registered their interest in the facilitated Voluntary Return Programme and received counselling on the process steps and implications.

• New arrivals of 108,032 Syrians have been monitored since 8 December 2024 including 67,167 still residing in Bekaa and Baalbek-El Hermel and 29,430 still residing in Akkar and North since March 2025. In addition, some 11,435 new arrivals are reported in other areas, including due to onward internal movements from place of first arrival in Lebanon.

• So far in 2025, 120,606 individuals have been inactivated from UNHCR's registration records in Lebanon due to verified return or presumed return, including 70,445 individuals who fled during the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon in 2024 and who remained in Syria.

• As of 30 June 2025, UNHCR Lebanon had received just 22 per cent of its required funding, with little visibility on funding projections in the coming months. This significant shortfall remains a major concern, as it severely affects our ability to support communities in need throughout Lebanon.

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