US EditionLebanon’s UN Refugee Agency Chief Hopes at Least 200,000 Syrian Refugees Return Under New Plan
LEBANON, JUL 31 – The plan includes financial and legal aid to support returns and follows a surge in refugee interest, with 24% now considering going back, UNHCR said.
- The new return plan aims for at least 200,000 Syrian refugees to return from Lebanon by the end of this year, UNHCR's Ivo Freijsen said Thursday.
- Refugee intent has shifted, with 24% of Syrian refugees in Lebanon planning to return within the next year, up from about 1% before Assad’s ousting in December.
- UNHCR and IOM will provide assistance, including missing documents, legal, and mental health support, while Lebanese authorities waive residency fines under the plan.
- On Tuesday, 72 Syrians departed via Masnaa border crossing and 17,000 have signed up so far, mostly using personal vehicles.
- Despite reconstruction needs, new Syrian authorities still struggle to exert control nationwide, complicating returns as 90% of Syria's population lives in poverty.
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Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian
BEIRUT: The UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return plan. Before former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a lightning insurgent offensive in December, only about 1 percent of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon said they were planning
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Lebanon's UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan
The UN refugee agency in Lebanon hopes that 200,000 Syrian refugees will return to Syria by the end of the year under a new government-backed plan.
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Lebanon’s UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan BEIRUT(RAHNUMA): The UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return plan. Before former President Bashar Assad was ousted in a lightning insurgent offensive in December, only about 1 percent of the Syrian refugees …
The representative of the UN refugee agency in Lebanon said Thursday that he expects at least 200,000 Syrian refugees to return from Lebanon by the end of the year under a new government-backed return plan.
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