Location name | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Aleppo | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 18.8% | 1,267,862 |
Homs | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 4.4% | 299,525 |
Ar-Raqqa | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 2.1% | 144,787 |
Idleb | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 28.1% | 1,899,293 |
Hama | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 3.2% | 214,036 |
Rural Damascus | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 16.2% | 1,097,352 |
Damascus | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 8.9% | 600,097 |
Quneitra | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 0.1% | 3,418 |
Dar'a | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 1.0% | 68,792 |
Tartous | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 2.7% | 180,735 |
As-Sweida | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 1.1% | 70,931 |
Lattakia | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 6.6% | 447,947 |
Al-Hasakeh | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 4.5% | 305,648 |
Deir-ez-Zor | UNHCR, OCHA | 31 May 2022 | 2.3% | 153,814 |
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Country of origin | Source | Data date | Population | |
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Iraq | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 84.9% | 19,335 |
Afghanistan | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 5.3% | 1,214 |
Sudan | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 3.6% | 824 |
Others | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 3.2% | 718 |
Somalia | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 1.5% | 351 |
Yemen | UNHCR | 31 Jul 2022 | 1.4% | 327 |
The decade-long crisis in Syria continues to affect millions of lives. According to the 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview, some 14.6 million people need humanitarian assistance, a 9 per cent increase from the previous year. There are an estimated 6.7 million people internally displaced across the country. In addition, as of end-June, some 20,200 refugees and asylum-seekers were registered with UNHCR in Syria. UNHCR provides protection and assistance to refugees, internally displaced people, returnees and stateless people based on identified needs and vulnerabilities.
Date of Funding Data | 8 December 2022 (1 month ago) |
© UNHCR/Hameed Maarouf, 14 Sep 2022
DAMASCUS, Syria – UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, urged much more support to address the staggering humanitarian needs in Syria after a visit to the country that ended today. Read more
© UNHCR/Saad Sawas, 15 Jul 2022
After having fled her home with her family eight years, ago, Amina, mother of six, decided recently to return with her children to her home in Ar-Rastan city, Homs Governorate. The sole breadwinner of her family, Amina, a bright, optimistic and energetic 43-year old, decided to start her own busine... Read more
By Vivian Tou’meh in Deir-ez-Zor, Syria, 11 May 2022
After years of fighting destroyed much of eastern Syria’s largest city and displaced hundreds of thousands of residents, UNHCR is helping families get back on their feet. Standing beside their parched fields on the once fertile banks of the Euphrates River outside Deir-ez-Zor, eastern Syria’s lar... Read more
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