AMMAN — Over the past
year, 9,277 Syrian refugees left the Kingdom to return to Syria or resettle in
a third country, according to data from the United Nations High Commissioner
for Refugees (UNHCR).
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The data showed that 4,013
refugees returned to Syria while 5,264 refugees resettled in a third country,
Al-Mamlaka TV reported.
A total of 50,966 Syrian
refugees returned to Syria in 2022 from various refugee-hosting countries
including Jordan. This is compared to 35,624 returning refugees in 2021, 38,235
in 2020, and 94,971 in 2019.
Since 2016, 354,055 refugees
have returned to Syria — 64,934 from Jordan, the data showed.
The UNHCR said that these are
only the official figures for Syria returnees verified or monitored by the
agency, and “do not necessarily reflect the full number of returnees, which
could be much higher."
ResettlementMeanwhile, a total of 22,526
Syrian refugees left their host countries for third countries under
resettlement programs in 2022 — 1,813 from Egypt, 7,490 from Lebanon, 5,264
from Jordan, 7,158 from Turkey, and 801 from Iraq.
Canada, the US, Germany, France,
Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands received the largest number of resettlements.
Paving the way for
voluntary returnJordan has hosted more than 1.3
million Syrians since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, 660,892 of
whom are refugees registered with the UNHCR.
The reopening of the border
between Jordan and Syria after three years of closure was announced on October
15, 2018, after the Syrian government recaptured the area around the Nassib
crossing in July of 2018 through a Russian-backed offensive that lasted several
weeks.
Since 2016, 354,055 refugees have returned to Syria — 64,934 from Jordan
In October, Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Al-Safadi said
that the current situation in Syria and its negative repercussions on the
region, especially neighboring countries, “cannot be tolerated”.
The minister stressed the need
to intensify efforts to achieve tangible progress towards ending the crisis in
Syria through a political solution that meets the aspirations of the Syrian
people; guarantees Syria's unity, cohesion, and sovereignty; rids it of
terrorism and external interference; and provides the necessary conditions for
the voluntary return of refugees.
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