UNHCR: Almost 200,000 Syrian refugees return home since Dec

Almost 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their home country since December 2024, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi , WAM reports.

UNHCR: Almost 200,000 Syrian refugees return home since Dec
Photo credit: UNHCR

As of 16th January, about 195,200 Syrians have returned home, according to figures posted by Grandi on social media platform X.

“Soon I will visit Syria — and its neighbouring countries — as UNHCR steps up its support to returnees and receiving communities,” he added.

UNHCR estimates that over 550,000 Syrians returned home in 2024, with northern Aleppo governorate receiving the largest proportion of returnees, about 23 percent.

According to the Kazakh Foreign Ministry, as December 20, 2024, 33 citizens of Kazakhstan were staying in Syria. Most of them are Kazakhstani women married to Syrian nationals and have children.

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