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UNRWA Situation Report #12 on the Syria emergency response to displacement from Lebanon: All information from 18-24 November 2024, valid as of 24 November at 14:00

UNRWA

26 Nov 2024

Key Points

• As of 21 November, an estimated 557,000 people have been displaced from Lebanon to Syria since 24 September, according to UNHCR
• As of 24 November, 1,176 displaced Palestine Refugee families (3,373 people) had approached UNRWA in Syria. Out of them, 662 families (1,821 people) are Palestine Refugees registered in Syria who had fled during the crisis and our now returning, while 514 families (1,552 people) are Palestine Refugees registered in Lebanon
• 949 heads of households (2,791 people) have so far responded to UNRWA's displacement monitoring questionnaire. Out of the interviewees, over 78 per cent are women and children, and one per cent are people with disabilities.
• Most of the above interviewees continue to be hosted by extended family and friends in increasingly crowded and deteriorating conditions. Over 91 per cent of them travelled with all their family members. Close to 56 per cent of them had previously lived in Syria and had fled the country during the crisis there. About 79 per cent of this group returned to the area or location where they lived before they fled Syria, and about 95 per cent cited the security situation in Lebanon as the key factor behind their decision to return to Syria.
• During visits by UNRWA to homes that have taken in Palestine Refugees displaced from Lebanon, the reverberating message has been that the ability of families to continue hosting them has severely dwindled.