Highlights

Key Developments

In December, the UN released the 2019 – 2020 Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan to deal with the continued impact of the Syria crisis. The $5.5 billion plan has been drawn up to support the national efforts of Syria’s neighbouring countries which have offered asylum and protection to refugee populations since the start of the crisis. 5.6 million Syrians are registered across the region with records showing that one million infants have been born into displacement since 2011.

In northwestern Syria, an estimated 2.7 million men, women and children are in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. This figure includes 1.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) many of whom were displaced several times and have been living in camps for many years. 40 per cent of Syria’s children are currently denied an education and nearly 2 million residents depend on water trucking for most of their clean water.