Istanbul, Beirut, 20 June 2022 – On World Refugee Day, we take the opportunity to raise global awareness of the hurdle facing Syrian refugees who are not sufficiently informed about the dangers facing them in Syria should they be forced to return in the current reality. We call on the UNHCR to fulfill its responsibility […]
Idlib, 9 May 2022 – As the “Brussels VI Conference on Supporting the future of Syria and the region“ opens today, more than 13 million displaced Syrians face an increasingly dire prospects with growing unilateral calls from some hosting countries for the return of Syrians refugees to an unsafe Syria, without any guarantees for the […]
Despite the desperate search of some policy makers and international mediators for a quick solution or flirtations with appeasement of the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian sponsors, a comprehensive and sustainable political solution that meets the aspirations of the Syrians is still the only way to end the conflict in Syria, restore stability […]
Zakaria Zakaria The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in late December that the humanitarian community had in November 2021 recorded some 13,700 spontaneous internally displaced persons (IDP) return movements across Syria, with a large percentage coming from the outskirts of the nation’s capital. The report, posted on the […]
UNHCR’s head Fillipo Grandi made scandalous statements during his latest mission to Syria. In the first he openly admitted that UNHCR is coordinating with the regime of Bashar al Assad on the return of displaced Syrians and the creation of conditions for return of Syrian refugees from abroad. In the second he went even further, […]
Idlib, 14 September 2021 – The Syrian Association for Citizen’s Dignity calls upon the United Nations and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) to immediately cease all plans to transfer displaced Syrians from Rukban camp to areas under control of the Syrian regime. While Syrians living in Rukban camp endure extremely harsh living conditions, returning […]
Denmark’s decision to withdraw protection for Syrian refugees from Damascus and Damascus countryside is in direct conflict with the official position of the European Commission and in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, as well as the UNHCR’s protection thresholds. In direct correspondence with SACD, the Danish Minister of Immigration and Integration, Mattias […]
The recent social media posts showing senior UNHCR officials walking through the rubble of Syrian cities, supposedly to illustrate how conditions are harsh but improving, are deeply misleading and dangerous for the Syrian displaced who are likely to face forcible recruitment into Assad’s army, detention, and in some cases enforced disappearance if they try to […]