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02.08.2018 (09:45)

Bulletin of the Centre for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees (2 August 2018)

I. Return of Refugees from abroad

According to the revised data, 348 people left Lebanon for Syria via the Zemrani, Jaydet-Yabus (Zabadani) and al-Dabusya (al-Aarida) on July 30, 2018 (47, 155 and 146 people respectively) – 104 women and 177 children.

Since July 18, 2018, in total 4,174 refugees have left Lebanon, with 2,893 people of them - via the Zemrani CP, Jaydet-Yabus – 1,135 people and 146 people via al-Dabusiyah.

In total 318 people have passed via the Nasib CP from Jordan.

According to consolidated information, there are still 7,156,987 registered refugees seeking asylum in 45 countries worldwide, with 2,147,096 women and 3,650,063 children among them.

In 45 embassies of the Russian Federation in foreign countries where the Syrian refugees seek asylum, ten countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Romania, Spain, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Latvia) confirmed the figures provided by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Syrian citizens in these countries.

At present there are 6,772,495 Syrians in these countries: Turkey – 3,541,572, Lebanon – 976,065, Germany – 697,878, Jordan – 666,596, Iraq– 251,157, Egypt – 498,986, the Netherlands – 74,998, Austria – 42,505, Switzerland – 6,702, Belgium – 3,982, Romania – 3,101, Spain – 2,352, Ireland – 1,729, Malta – 1,289, Poland – 1,069, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 711, Luxembourg – 663, Croatia – 530, Slovenia – 458, Hungary – 51, Slovakia – 43, the Czech Republic – 39, Latvia – 19).

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).

Since September 30, 2015, in total 233,774 Syrians have returned back to their homes from abroad (70,101 women, 119,134 children).

Three CPs have been deployed (Zemrani, Nasib and Abu-Duhur).

Today, seven offices of the Centre for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement with:

four at Syria-Lebanon border – Jaydet-Yabus (Zabadani), al-Dabusiyah (al-Aarida), Talkalakh, Al-Qusayr; al-Salhiyah (Deir ez-Zor province); Damascus International airport: Baniyas seaport (international seaport).

II. Internal Displacement

It is reported that 106 Syrians returned back to:

Eastern Ghouta - 97 people (29 women and 48 children), in total - 73,917 people;

Khusham (Deir ez-Zor province),– 9 people, in total in Deir ez-Zor province – 10,730 people: 7,282 and 3,484 in Khusham and al-Tabiyah respectively;

Besides, militants of illegal armed formations with their families left the Southwest de-escalation zone to Idlib, the Idlib de-escalation zone by eight buses. In total, 194 people (with 31 women and 65 children among them) have left the area.

Since July 15, 2018 in total 9,652 militants and members of their families (4,297 men, 2,219 women, 3,136 children) have left the Southwest de-escalation zone by 249 buses.

Over the past day, refugees have left the Southwest de-escalation zone and Idlib de-eascalation zone.

Since March 4, 208, in total 26,642 people (women – 8,873, children 12,373), 3,864 vehicles and 42,560 heads of cattle left the Idlib de-escalation zone.

Since June 27, 2018, in total 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. At present, in these camps there are still 1,329 people (419 women and 713 children).

Since September 30, 2015, in total 1,190,982 IDPs have returned back to their homes in the Syrian Arab Republic (357,295 women, 607,604 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, 12 building have been reconstructed in Eastern Ghouta (11) and Khusham (1).

They assessed the social infrastructure and facilities, housing fund, amount of construction materials available in Khusham, Al-Tabiyah (Deir ez-Zor province) and Karm al-Jazmati (Aleppo).

In order to ensure humanitarian assistance to Syrian and create favorable living conditions for returning refugees, it was decided to supply equipment ans assets to:

Khusham - in addition to early request, a dump truck, two welders, 15 duraliminim windows, 22 cubic meters of cement, 87m of tubes (water and sewer), 26 cubic metres of lumbers to overhaul a house, a water pump station and a bakery;

Al-Tabiyah - in addition to early request, an bulldozer, 28 duraliminim windows, 23 cubic meters of cement, 183m of tubes (water and sewer), 26 cubic meters of lumber to overhaul a school, a water pump station and two houses;

Karm al-Jazmati - 5 cubic meters of cement, 30 cubic meters of lumber, 600kg of finishing materials (filler, lime), 3,000m of electric cables to restore a school.

Heads of local administrations prepared application to the Ministry of Public Works and housebuilding to received construction materials for recovering social infrastructure.

In total, in the Syrian Arab Republic:

89 medical and 214 educational organizations have been recovered;

267km of roads were recovered (1km - over the past day);

197.5km of power line have been installed (0.5km - over the past day);

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

V. Humanitarian Assistance

Over the past day there were two humanitarian actions to distribute 5.6 tons of food supplies.

People in Al-Muntar, Aleppo province, received 650 food sets with a total weight of 2.8 tons. Besides, the Akhmat Kadyrov Public Foundation handed over a ton of bread to people.

In Al-Ghantu, Homs province, people received 2.8 tons of humanitarian cargo (650 food sets).

In total, the Russian side has organised and carried out 1,879 humanitarian actions, delivering 2,861.36 tons of food supplies, the bare necessities and bottled water.

A hundred of civilians including 44 children received first medical aid in the towns of Marrat and al-Salhiyah (Deir ez-Zor province), and Al-Muntar (Aleppo province).

In total, 86,851 Syrian were provided with medical assistance by Russian military medics.

VI. Mine Clearance

The SAA engineering units carry on the mine clearance operation in the settlements of Al-Mushrifah, Talbiseh, Nasiri-Harabesi, Homs province. They have cleared up: 2 ha of the territory, 15 buildings and 1km of roads. They found and defused 40 explosive devices including eight improvised explosive devices.

In Homs province they cleared up: 185.8ha of the territory, 570 buildings and 23.8km of roads. They found and defused 6,248 explosive devices including 2,038 improvised explosive devices.

VII. Arrangements for Refugee Reception

The 10th International Meeting on Syria (Sochi) which gathered delegations from Russia, Iran and Turkey resulted in final statement in which all sides reaffirmed a strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic and agreed to keep on fighting against terrorist to achieve compete eradication of the ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organisations designated by the the United Nations Security Council.

Besides, it was decided to continue cooperation to promote political settlement pursuant to the decisions taken by the National Syrian Dialogue Congress in Sochi and provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254.

The sides urged all countries and international organisations concerned to assist in post-conflict recovery of Syria and create favourable conditions for early and voluntary repatriation of Syrian refugees and IDPs to the former places of residence.

Another international meeting is scheduled for November 2018.

Syrian government is working on establishment of the HQ on repatriation affairs.

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

The Centre for Refugee Reception, Distribution and Settlement held three working meetings:

the head of Refugee Commission in Aleppo Province to discuss the operational situation, a number of civilians wishing to return back home;

Deputy Governor of Aleppo province to discuss in details planning for humanitarian actions and water supply in south Aleppo province;

representatives of Idlib National Reconciliation Committees to specify a list of towns willing to join ceasefire regime.



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