UNHCR Regional Flash Update #15 - Syria Situation Crisis (20 February 2025)

Key Highlights

• As of 20 February 2025, UNHCR estimates that some 292,150 Syrians have returned to Syria via neighbouring countries since early December 2024. The figures are based on a triangulation of sources from outside and inside Syria and include refugees registered with UNHCR and other Syrians returning from Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, as well those transiting from beyond the Region. Moreover, as of 9 February 2025, 829,490 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to their areas of origin since end of November 2024, according to the latest data gathered by UNHCR and OCHA. Thus, more than one million Syrians have returned home since the fall of the Assad regime.
• In Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, UNHCR continued to monitor voluntary returns and provide the needed support to those wishing to return, such as information and legal counselling, and transportation assistance (Jordan).
• Inside Syria, UNHCR continued to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to refugee and IDP returns and other vulnerable Syrians, as well as early recovery interventions. In view of the cold winter months and continued electricity shortages, distributions of core relief items (CRI) and warm winter clothing, as well as urgent shelter repairs, such as new windows and doors, continued to be priority interventions. UNHCR also continued to facilitate free transportation assistance to returnees in need within Syria.

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