The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to ...
BEIRUT - The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to observe and help refugees returning from abroad and from displacement within the war-torn country, UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi said on Saturday.
Many Syrians scattered within and outside the country — including the more than a million in neighboring Lebanon — are now considering whether to go home. Syria’s war has killed an estimated half a million people, driven some 5.6 million people out of the country and displaced around 6.6 million within its borders.
“We are present in some areas. I myself could go to Homs and Hama it was not complicated. In other areas such as the Damascus , to get the authorization to visit is more difficult.”
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