SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC IDP Spontaneous Returns December 2020 IDP (WoS) Task Force

December 2020 updates Governorate summary

In December 2020, the humanitarian community recorded some 13,400 spontaneous IDP 4K 4K return movements across . Over 7,000 of these (54 percent) occurred within and 5K between Aleppo and Idleb governorates. 4K At the sub-district level, Jebel Saman in received the highest number of Idleb 3K 3K spontaneous return movements in December, with around 2,200 returns, while Khan Shaykun in Idleb governorate and Ar- in Ar-Raqqa governorate respectively received 2K Hama 1K some 1,200 and 1,100 spontaneous IDP return movements. More than 700 spontaneous IDP 3K return movements were received by Al-Thawrah sub-district in Ar-Raqqa governorate over 2K the same period. Ar-Raqqa 533 533 At the community level, Aleppo city in Aleppo governorate received the most return 90 movements in December, recording around 2,100 returns. Khan Shaykun community in Al-Hasakeh 40 71% 1K Idleb governorate and Ar-Raqqa city in Ar-Raqqa governorate respectively received some of IDP spontaneous 1,200 and 1,100 spontaneous IDP return movements. Al-Thawrah town in Ar-Raqqa 666 returnee arrıvals governorate received some 700 return movements, while Homs town in Homs 416 416 occurred within received some 500 return movements. governorate 315 Notes: Deir-ez-Zor 85 - The returns refer to IDP spontaneous returns and do not necessarily follow the global 85 definitions of ‘Returnees’ or durable solutions for IDPs. 0 Damascus - The IDP spontaneous returns include IDPs returning to their homes or communities of 0 IDPs return to governorate 277 n origin. (includes return from locations within governorate 86 - The IDP spontaneous returns term used in this monthly report refers to the return Rural Damascus 86 and from outside) movements occurred in the reported period only. 118 IDPs return within governorate n - The process of verification is based on triangulation of verified IDP spontaneous returns 0 (include return within the same governorate only) Tartous 0 reported by different mechanisms and further examined by the IDP TF through cross- 184 checking population numbers from previous years. IDPs return from governorate 0 n Lattakia 0 (includes return to locations within governorate and 34 to outside)

IDP spontaneous returns map (K: thousand)

Spontaneous Returns 1.3K 0.4K Al-Hasakeh 13,383 0.4K Spontaneous returns Ar-Raqqa Aleppo 152 Communities Idleb

1.1K Hama Deir-ez-Zor

Total IDP spontaneous returnee arrivals (by subdistrict)

1 - 1,000 Homs l l 1,001 - 5,000 0.2K l 5,001 - 10,000 l 10,001 - 20,000 Rural Damascus l > 20,000 O No returnees arrival reported l Total number of returnees arrived Spontanoeus IDP return movements by governorate

Movements less than two hundred are not reflected on the map.

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Arrows on the map do not depict actual IDP movement paths.Source: Information as reported by CCCM, HNAP and OCHA Syria for Dec 2020. Creation Date: 29 Jan 2021 Feedback: [email protected]