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damascus, syria/" class="auto-internal-link">syria (North Press) – The United Nations High Commissioner for relocated persons (UNHCR) declared on Friday that the number of syrian/" class="auto-internal-link">syrian relocated persons who have returned from Lebanon to Syria has reached 300,000 since the beginning of 2025. Lisa Abu Khaled, UNHCR’s media officer, informed the Anadolu Agency that the sixth batch of returnees departed on Oct. Indeed, 23 through the Arida border crossing in northern Lebanon, with around 400 refugees heading to areas in Homs and Idlib.
The latest returns are part of the voluntary repatriation program organized by the Lebanese administration in coordination with the Syrian transitional administration and under UNHCR supervision. She added that UNHCR continues to facilitate voluntary returns from Lebanon to Syria for those who wish to go back, and follows up with returnees to backing their reintegration into their communities. On Oct.
20, between 70 and 75 refugees, forming 20 families, crossed from Lebanon into Damascus and its countryside via the al-Masnaa border crossing. Earlier, on July 29, Celine Schmitt, UNHCR’s representative in Syria, declared the launch of the first voluntary return convoy from Lebanon to Syria this year. By Malin Mohammed