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27.07.2018 (19:45)

Bulletin for Centre for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees (July 27, 2018)

I. I. Return of Refugees from abroad

Since July 18, 2018, in total 2,643 and 199 people passed through the Zemrani and Nasib checkpoints respectively.

According to consolidated information, there are still 6,897,850 registered refugees seeking asylum in 45 countries worldwide, with 2,070,979 women and 3,520,665 children among them.

It is estimated, that 1,712,234 Syrians in nine countries expressed their desire to return back to their homeland(Lebanon – 889,031, Turkey – 297,342, Germany – 174,897, Jordan – 149,268, Iraq – 101,233, Egypt – 99,834, Denmark – 412, Brazil – 149, Austria - 68).

In 45 embassies of the Russian Federation in foreign countries where the Syrian refugees seek asylum, nineteen countries (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Ireland, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Switzerland) confirmed the figures provided by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Syrian citizens in these countries. At present there are 2,709,524 Syrians in these countries: Lebanon – 973,735, Germany – 697,878, Jordan - 667,186, Iraq - 251,157, Netherlands - 61,531, Austria - 38,183, Switzerland - 6,702, Belgium - 3,982, Romania - 3,099, Ireland - 1,729, Malta - 1,289, Poland - 1,069, Bosnia and Herzegovina - 711, Luxembourg - 663, Slovenia - 458, Hungary - 51, Slovakia - 43, Czech Republic - 39, Latvia - 19).

Since September 30, 2015, in total 232,541 Syrians have returned back to their homes from abroad (69,762 women, 118,596 children).

II. Internal Displacement

It is reported that 306 Syrians returned back to:

Eastern Ghouta - 108 people (40 women and 45 children), in total - 73,443 people;

Homs - 198 (75 women, 83 children), in total - 72,198 people.

Since June 27, 2018 46,501 people have left the Southwest de-escalation zone with 7,418 of them accommodated in the Jebab, Rsas and Kum al-Wasiya refugee camps. In these camps there are still 2,071 people (545 women and 805 children).

In total since March 4, 2018 26, 355 people (women – 8,793, children 12,228), 3,834 vehicles and 42,164 heads of cattle left the Idlib de-escalation zone.

18 people have settled the restored houses in the province of Deir ez-Zor:

Khusham - 12 (4 women, 6 children), in total 7,234 people;

Al-Tabiyah - 6 (2 women, 3 children), in total 3,477 people.

Since September 30, 2015, in total 1,186,757 IDPs have returned back to their homes in the Syrian Arab Republic (356,311 women, 605,467 children).

III. Cities and Towns Ready to Receive Refugees

There are 336,500 places arranged to receive and accommodate refugees in 76 settlements less affected by the combat actions.

IV. Infrastructure Rehabilitation

Over the past day, two building have been reconstructed in Khusham and Al-Tabiyah.

Power line poles are being installed along the Homs-Hama road.

It is necessary to set 137: 24 of them were placed earlier; four poles were installed over the past day.

They assessed the social infrastructure and facilities, housing fund, amount of construction materials available in town of al-Husainiyah and al-Salhiyah, Deir ez-Zor province, Hamouriyah, Damascus province, and in Hanano Roundabout district, Aleppo city.

In order to improve living conditions for Syrians, and to complete infrastructure rehabilitation it is necessary to supply materials in the following towns:

Al-Husainiyah - truck crane, three diesel generators, ten windows, five cubic metres of cement, 55m of tubes (water and sewer), ten waterproofing rolls, seven cubic metres of lumber to overhaul two schools and two bakeries.

Al-Salhiyah - ten windows, five cubic metres of cement, 55m of tubes (water and sewer), ten waterproofing rolls, seven cubic metres of lumber to overhaul a school.

Hamouriyah - 13 windows, four cubic metres of cement, 65m of tubes (water and sewer), 15 waterproofing rolls, nine cubic metres of lumber to overhaul a school.

Hanano RoundAbout - one dump truck, 16 windows, seven cubic metres of cement, 35m of tubes (water and sewer), 23 waterproofing rolls, 32 cubic metres of lumber to overhaul a school.

Ministry of public works and housing in cooperation with State General Organisation for Cement and Building Materials considered the applications of the heads of the local authorities for receiving construction materials for reconstruction of houses and other social facilities. Delivery is planned in three days.

In total, in the Syrian Arab Republic:

89 medical and 214 educational organizations have been recovered;

264.5 km of roads were recovered (2km - over the past day);

194 km of power line have been installed (1km - over the past day);

84 power substations, 71 water supply facilities and two fuel-energy complexes have been put into operation.

V. Humanitarian Assistance

No humanitarian actions were held over the past day.

Fifteen families of Syrian fallen warriors received targeted aid. Districts of Aleppo city: In Shayban-Pasha, Sheykh-Fars, al-Qasidiyah and Sheykh Hoder, fifteen families of Syrian fallen servicemen received 15 food sets the total weight is 75 kg.

In total, the Russian side has organised and carried out 1,873 humanitarian actions, delivering 2,847.46 tons of food supplies, the bare necessities and bottled water.

Humanitarian aid (medication, medical equipment and basic necessities) from France have been delivered in Duma. 1,446 families are supplied with basic necessities.

Medical examination and sanitary-epidemiological treatment section has been deployed at Nasib checkpoint.

Military medics provided medical aid to 9 Syrians including 4 children in the settlements of al-Salhiyah and Marrat.

They issued 25 packs of baby food, 4 boxes of multivitamins, 25 bandages, 4 bottles of antiseptic, 4 packs of antibiotic.

Since December 2017, 8,899 Syrians of the Eastern territories of Deir ez-Zor province have received medical aid including 3,185 children.

Since the beginning of operation in Syria, Russian military medics provided medical aid to 86,362 Syrians.

VI. Mine Clearance

The SAA engineering units carry on the mine clearance operation in the settlements of Usaylah, Talbiseh, Nasiri-Harabesi, Homs province. They have cleared up: 1.2 ha of the territory, 12 buildings and 0.2 km of roads. They found and defused 41 explosive devices including 8 improvised explosive devices.

In Homs province they cleared up: 176.2 ha of the territory, 527 buildings and 18.5 km of roads. They found and defused 6,035 explosive devices including 1,989 improvised explosive devices.

VII. Arrangements for Refugee Reception

Russian Defence Ministry – Foreign Ministry joint working groups are working on voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees jointly with authorities of Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.

National Reconciliation Committees established in Syrian provinces and cities (made up by heads of administrations, police, sheiks, representatives of public organizations and opposition) hold negotiations on joining ceasefire regime and voluntary defection to the side of legal government and the surrender of weapons. Former members of illegal armed formations and internally displaced persons are granted amnesty who lived in the territories earlier occupied by terrorists.

The Ministry of Local Administration and Ecology jointly with ministries and committees in charge are working to recover the national economy.

The National Security Bureau and the Syrian Reconciliation Ministry supervises all events aimed at controlling refugee inflow, preparation of accommodation, infrastructure rehabilitation and humanitarian actions.

Today, there are scheduled working meetings of officers of the Centre for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement with:

representatives of Deir ez-Zor and Homs provincial administrations and offices to address repatriation issues, specify figures on facilities to be overhauled, and define amount of necessary material assets;

representatives of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent on humanitarian affairs.



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