Overview

• UNHCR reports about 850,000 refugees have gone back to Syria since December, alongside roughly 1.7 million internally displaced people returning to their communities.
• Nearly 200,000 Syrians have left Lebanon for home this year, with departures rising after exit fees were waived and under a separate plan offering US$100 and fine exemptions tied to a non-return pledge.
• The agency has scaled up support for those choosing to return, including cash assistance, transportation, shelter repairs and livelihood programs, and it opened a rehabilitated civil registry office in Maaret Al Nouman to restore documentation.
• Displacement remains fluid as new violence inside Syria pushes fresh arrivals into Lebanon even as large numbers head back.
• UNHCR says needs far exceed resources, noting its 2025 plan is only about one-fifth funded and calling for broader international backing.