UN reports over 350,000 Syrian refugees have returned home

DARAMSUQ — In a new assessment of refugee returns, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that 372,000 Syrian refugees have come back since the fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

These figures were compiled from data in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, and other host countries.

By 27 March, over 1 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) had also returned to their homes.

However, an estimated 674,000 IDPs remain displaced within Syria, according to the latest data from the UN’s displacement task force.

These returns come amid ongoing hostilities in Syria’s Tartus, Latakia, Hmoth (Homs), and Hama (Hemto) since early March.

The violence has forced nearly 30,000 people to flee to northern Lebanon’s Akkar and Tripoli regions.

In response, the UNHCR distributed over 2,730 non-food aid kits to displaced families in coastal areas last week.

Additionally, more than 200 people received psychological first aid in Jableh in Latakia and Baniyas in Tartus.

Issa with his family, like many Syrians returning, is facing some challenges, such as lack of civil documentations.@FilippoGrandi stressed the importance of UNHCR to continue providing legal support and livelihood opportunities to help them re-start lives. pic.twitter.com/wxsVB1ixQt

— UNHCR Syria (@UNHCRinSYRIA) January 26, 2025