Regional Flash Update #55 Syria Situation (28 November 2025)

Key Highlights

• As of 27 November, 1,260,240 individuals have returned to Syria since 8 December while 1,950,090 internally displaced persons have returned to their areas of origin/selected destination in the same period.
• UNHCR Syria conducted two refresher training sessions in Damascus and Idlib for 48 newly recruited General Authority for Ports and Customs (GAPS) personnel operating the “Voluntary Return” dedicated windows at 11 border crossings nationwide. The sessions aimed to strengthen the participants’ understanding of key humanitarian principles and established protection standards.
• In Syria, UNHCR provided support to meet the needs of returnees at various border crossing points, including 1,018 returnees who received logistical and transportation support from Joussieh (Syria-Lebanon) border crossing point and at Sarmada and Sejjo bus stations after Bab Al-Hawa and Al-Salama (Syria-Türkiye) crossing points to various destinations. This is in addition to 116 refugees who returned from Lebanon through the Jdeidet Yabous border crossing point under the joint programme coordinated by UNHCR Syria, UNHCR and IOM Lebanon, and Syria’s General Authority for Ports and Customs.
• In Lebanon, the tenth voluntary return movement from Akkar via the Arida Official Crossing Point took place on 20 November, involving 151 individuals and organized by UNHCR, IOM, and the General Security Office (GSO). As of 21 November, 2,383 individuals have returned to Syria from Lebanon through organized movements in cooperation with IOM.
• Since 20 January 2025, UNHCR Jordan has supported transportation for the return of 10,070 refugees. The return process is closely coordinated with UNHCR in Syria to support refugees upon arrival at their final destination.
• A total of 36,360 refugee returnee households (116,707 individuals) in Syria have received return and reintegration grants of $600 per household, while 560 households (3,582 individuals) have been supported with cash for shelter rehabilitation this year. A batch comprising 1,428 households (8,148 individuals) have received cash for livelihoods, enabling them to establish their own small businesses.

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