UNHCR Regional Flash Update #26 - Syria Situation Crisis (9 May 2025)

Key Highlights

• As of 8 May 2025, UNHCR estimates that some 481,730 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring countries since 8 December 2024. This brings up the total of over 842,570 Syrian individuals that have returned to Syria since the beginning of 2024.
• As of 8 May, 1,186,147 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have returned to their homes in Syria, including 337,868 returning from IDP sites since early December 2024, according to the latest data of the IDP Task Force.
• The substantive number of refugee and IDP returns we have witnessed since 8 December indicates that many of the uprooted believe that there has been an overall improvement in the security situation in Syria. At the same time, recent events in the Coastal areas, in and around Damascus and in the south show that the security situation is still an issue in certain areas of the country.
• In Syria’s coastal areas, UNHCR provided assistance to 1,683 families in Tartous, 2,610 in Latakia, and 97 in rural Hama in response to recent violence.
• Since the start of the transportation pilot project on 20 January 2025, UNHCR has supported more than 2,000 refugees to return to Syria from Jordan.

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