16,529 Syrian refugees return homeland in first half of 2023 – UNHCR
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – 16,529 Syrian refugees left Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon and returned to their homeland in the first half of 2023, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported on Sunday.
1,941 Syrian refugees left Jordan towards home in the first half of 2023, according to the UNHCR.
Jordan is a country of 11 million people and hosts some 1.3 million refugees from Syria. Most of them live in the kingdom’s towns and cities, while several tens of thousands have settled in two camps — Zaatari and Azraq.
The number of Syrians who returned to their home country from various nations in 2022 has surged to 50,966 people, compared to 35,624 in 2021, according to previous reports.
The daily rate of Syrian refugees returning to their home country stands at 91 people, while the monthly rate is 2,755 individuals, according to UNHCR data.
World Food Program (WFP) said on July 19 that it will reduce monthly cash aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees living in Jordan because of what it described as an “unprecedented funding crisis.”
The UN has previously announced that the return of the Syrian refugees to their homeland is still “unsafe”.
The Syrian refugees are facing forcibly deportation from neighboring countries, including Turkey and Lebanon.
Since the beginning of July, Turkey has launched a deportation campaign against the Syrian refugees residing in its territory. The latest was on July 22, as Turkish authorities forcibly deported 115 people to northern Syria.