BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 19 (UPI) — U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Thursday that the international community and financial institutions must support efforts to secure the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country, noting that some 2 two million have returned since Bashar al Assad’s regime fell in December.
Grandi said he discussed with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun “how to increase opportunities” to now return home for an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon for safety when an uprising in 2011 quickly turned into civil war.
“Many refugees have already made that choice,” he said on his X account. “But for returns to be sustainable, Syria needs more and faster international support.”
Grandi noted in a separate X post that it was “a sign of hope amid rising regional tensions” that the 2 million people have returned home.
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