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STORY: UNHCR / SYRIA DISPLACED POPULATION
TRT: 03:50
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: PLEASE SEE SHOTLIST FOR DETAILS
31 AUGUST 2025, IDLIB AND HOMS, SYRIA
1. Various shots, trucks with NFI (non-food items)
2. Various shots, Joussieh border, people waiting and being registered
3. Various shots, Deputy High Commissoner (DHC) meeting and speaking with returnees, Joussieh border point
4. Various shots, trucks with NFI’s
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Kelly T. Clements, Deputy High Commissoner for Refugees (UNHCR):
“The rebuilding begins now. And this is exactly when we need to have a lot of support from the international community. Every community here in Syria needs everything. The very basics, the families are coming. As you can see with the trucks behind me, they're coming with their household effects that they have accumulated over 14 years. Everything from chairs to rugs to blankets. They're moving their lives, they're taking a chance, and they're trying to rebuild. And family after family tells me they're coming back because this is home. And we want to be able to be there with our partners to support Syria rebuild for a peaceful and more prosperous region.”
6. Various shots, destruction, Idlib
7. Various shots, destruction, Homs
8. Various shots, DHC meeting UNHCR staff and Syrian returnees, Community Center, Homs
9. Various shots, activities with UNHCR and Partners, Community Center, Homs
29 AUGUST 2025, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON
10. Various shots, DHC meeting with returnees
FILE - BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON
11. Various shots, distribution of NFI’s
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements concluded a five-day visit to Lebanon and Syria with a call to the international community to support efforts to bring peace and stability to Syria and end the displacement and suffering of millions of Syrians.
She also called for continued support to countries hosting Syrian refugees, including Lebanon.
During her visit, Clements met with Lebanese and Syrian officials, refugees who have recently returned to Syria as well as newly arrived refugees in Lebanon. In the Bekaa Valley, eastern Lebanon, Syrian refugees contemplating return shared with her their wishes to return, hopes and concerns.
Around 850,000 Syrians have crossed back to their country from neighbouring countries since the fall of the Assad government in December. UNHCR has scaled up support to those choosing to return to ensure it is dignified and sustainable, including via the provision of money and transportation.
From Lebanon, close to 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria in 2025, with many more expressing their intention to return in the coming months, especially after Lebanese authorities have temporarily waived exit fees for those who overstayed their residency.
In Syria, at the Joussieh border crossing point, where UNHCR provides registration and infrastructure rehabilitation support, she met Syrian refugees crossing back for the first time in years.
Since 2024, over 1.2 million Syrians have returned to Syria.
Meanwhile, internal returns continue, with 1,763,513 internally displaced people (IDP) returnees since December 2024, including 880,058 individuals who have departed from IDP sites in the north of the country.
