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04.08.2018 (09:43)

Bulletin of the Centre for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees (August 4, 2018)

I. Return of Refugees from abroad

According to the revised data, August 2nd, 2018 from Lebanon returned 346 Syrian citizens (women and 103 children – 176) that is not registered with the UN as refugees.

Including through the checkpoints, "Jaydet-Yabus" - 218 people (women – 65, children – 111), "El Dabusia" (EL ARIDA) – 57 people (women 17, children – 29) and "al-qusayr" (QUSAYR) – 71 people (women – 21 children – 36).

Since July 18, 2018, in total 4,958 refugees have left Lebanon, with 2,893 of them - via the Zemrani CP, Jaydet-Yabus – 1,542 people, 251 people via al-Dabusiyah and 272 people via the al-Qusayr.

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

According to consolidated information, there are still 6,956,573 registered refugees seeking asylum in 45 countries worldwide, with 2,086,972 women and 3,547,852 children among them.

In 45 embassies of the Russian Federation in foreign countries where the Syrian refugees seek asylum, 26 countries (Turkey, Lebanon, Germany, Jordan, Iraq, Italy, Egypt, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Romania, Spain, Denmark, Ireland, Malta, Poland, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Latvia) confirmed the figures provided by the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Syrian citizens in these countries.

At present there are 6,631,417 Syrians in these countries: Turkey-3,541,572, Lebanon-976,065, Germany-534,011, Jordan-667,372, Egypt-498,986, Iraq-251,157, Netherlands-74,998, Austria-42,505, Denmark-17,995, Switzerland-6,702, Belgium - 3,982, Italy - 3,836, Romania - 3,101, Spain-2,352, Ireland – 1,729, Malta – 1,289, Poland – 1,069, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 711, Luxembourg – 663, Croatia – 530, Slovenia – 460, Bulgaria – 180, Hungary – 51, Slovakia – 43, 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 234,556 Syrians have returned back to their homes from abroad (70,337 women, 119,544 children).

Ten CPs have already deployed for returnees. There are as follows:

one on the Syria-Jordan border (Nasib);

five on the Syria-Lebanon border (Zemrani, Jaydet-Yabus (Zabadani), al-Sabusiya (al-Aarida), Talkalakh and al-Qusayr (Qusayr));

two in the Syrian Arab Republic (Abu-al-Duhur and al-Salhiyah);

one CP at Damascus international airport;

one CP at Baniyas sea port.

Law enforcement at border crossing points is provided by the Russian military police.

The Turkish leadership started to implement the complex of measures for moving Syrian refugees from Turkey to Northern Syria. Turkish government bodies organized favourable conditions for repatriation of IDPs to their places of residence. Priority is given to restoration of the destroyed infrastructure of cities. Social institutions, roads, electricity and water supply networks are being repaired. The repatriation of Syrian refugees is planned through the checkpoints "Kesab", "Raju", and "Jerablus".

II. Internal Displacement

It is reported that 350 Syrians returned back to:

Eastern Ghouta - 117 people (35 women and 59 children), in total - 74,247 people;

HOMS governorate – 205 Syrians (women - 62 and children – 105), January 1, 2018 – 25 of 25,618 people;

Khusham (Deir ez-Zor province) - 28 people (women - 8 and children -14) since February 8, 2018 – 7,354 people.

Over the past day, no refugees have left the Idlib de-escalation zone.

In total since March 4, 2018 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 September 30, 2015, in total 1,447,597 IDPs have returned back to their homes in the Syrian Arab Republic (362,119 women, 615,628 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, 17 building have been reconstructed in Eastern Ghouta (12) and Khusham (5).

They assessed the social infrastructure and facilities, housing fund, amount of construction materials available in Nashabiyah and Kafr-Batna (Damascus province), al-Hafaik (Idlib province).

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

KAFER BATNA – two cement mixers, diesel generator, two step-down transformers, 37 windows, 19 cubic meters of cement, 45 cubic metres of lumber, 1 450 kg of finishing materials (filler lime), 700 m of electrical cables to restore one school, one pump station and three residential houses;

NASHABIYAH - two mobile drilling rigs, 34 cubic metres of cement, 65 cubic metres of lumber, 32 floor slabs,500 cubic metres of brick, 1,300 m pipes, step-down transformer, diesel generator, 46 duraliminim windows, 2 500 m of electrical cable to restore four houses and a medical station;

al-HAFAIK, one grader and one tractor, 5 000 m of water pipes to repair the water station, 2,000 m of sewer pipes to restore the sewage system, a 2.5 cubic metres of cement, 1.5 tons of rebar, about 10 cubic meters of asphalt to restore the roadway.

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;

269.5 km of roads were recovered (0.5 km - over the past day);

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

85 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.

In total, the Russian side has organised and carried out 1,883 humanitarian actions, delivering 2,872.36 tons of food supplies, the bare necessities and bottled water.

Russian military police ensure safe conduction of humanitarian actions.

Six civilians including four children received first medical aid in the towns of Hatlah and al-Salhiyah (Deir ez-Zor province).

In total, 87,169 Syrians 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 Tell-Amari, Talbiseh, Nasiri-Harabesi, Homs province.

They have cleared up: 2 ha of the territory, 15 buildings and 2 km of roads.

They found and defused 70 explosive devices including 10 improvised explosive devices.

In Homs province they cleared up: 194.8ha of the territory, 615 buildings and 29.8km of roads. They found and defused 6,477 explosive devices including 2,058 improvised explosive devices.

VII. Arrangements for Refugee Reception

In the provinces of Aleppo and Hama, the government program for restoration of settlements liberated from the militants has started. The program consists of three phases: preparation of infrastructure (water supply, electrification), targeted aid to the population, the repatriation of residents to permanent housing. .

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 people 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 with the support of the Russian military police servicemen held some working meetings:

with the representatives of the authorities, al-Hafaik (Idlib province) for assistance in rebuilding social facilities and creation of conditions for repatriation of refugees;

with the Deputy Governor of the HOMS province in the refugee centre Bab Umry in readiness for the new academic year and the terms of the placement. Problematic issues – low supply of school uniforms and school supplies (40% of children don't have briefcases, notebooks and pens).



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