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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
DAMASCUS, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) — More than 2.3 million Syrians have returned to their homes since December 8, 2024, and are facing acute housing and livelihood shortages, with many homes destroyed or damaged, Celine Schmitt, spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Syria, told Xinhua on Thursday.
According to her, among those who returned were more than 750 thousand refugees from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, as well as more than 1.6 million internally displaced Syrians.
S. Schmitt noted that the main reasons for return are increased security and the desire to reunite with families, adding that “one of the main problems mentioned by returnees is access to housing.”
“They also need income, work, a livelihood,” she said.
S. Schmitt said that restoring civil documents is also an urgent task, since the lack of identity documents prevents children from being enrolled in school.
The UNHCR representative also called for sanctions to be eased to allow investment and funding, and for stronger links between “emergency” humanitarian assistance and the “long-term plan.” –0–
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