SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC IDP Spontaneous Returns March 2021 IDP (WoS) Task Force

March 2021 updates Governorate summary

7.3K In March 2021, the humanitarian community recorded some 23,000 spontaneous IDP Idleb 5.6K return movements across , twice as many as the return movements that were tracked 5.7K 8.2K in February. Over 8,000 of these (35 percent) occurred within and between and Idleb Quneitra 1.0K 1.0K governorates. 2.6K At the sub-district level, the Khan Arnaba sub-district in received the Aleppo 2.6K 2.9K highest number of spontaneous return movements in March, with around 8,200 returns, 608 while the Ehsem and sub-districts in Idleb governorate and the Jebel Saman sub- Rural 570 4.9K district in Aleppo governorate received some 2,000, 1,500 and 1,300 spontaneous IDP 1.3K return movements, respectively. Over the same period, the Tamaanah, Jisr-Ash-Shugur and 1.0K 2.8K Sanjar sub-districts in Idleb governorate each received more than 700 spontaneous IDP 10 Damascus 0 return movements. 3.6K 51% At the community level, the Kom Elwisseh - Marj Barghut community in Quneitra 643 of IDP spontaneous Dar'a 570 governorate received some 8,000 returns, the highest number of spontaneous return 570 returnee arrıvals movements in March, while Aleppo city in Aleppo governorate received some 1,200 return 1.1K occurred within Deir-ez-Zor 93 movements. The Khan Shaykun, Jisr-Ash-Shugur and Tal Khanzir communities in Idleb 133 governorate governorate each received around 500 return movements, while the Sarja and Kansafra 527 306 communities in Idleb each received around 400 return movements this month. 312 Notes: 202 Al-Hasakeh 44 - The returns refer to IDP spontaneous returns and do not necessarily follow the global 620 IDPs return to governorate n definitions of ‘Returnees’ or durable solutions for IDPs. 366 (includes return from locations within governorate Ar- 0 - The IDP spontaneous returns include IDPs returning to their homes or communities of 0 and from outside) origin. 0 IDPs return within governorate Lattakia 0 n - The IDP spontaneous returns term used in this monthly report refers to the return 266 (include return within the same governorate only) 0 movements occurred in the reported period only. As-Sweida 0 - The process of verification is based on triangulation of verified IDP spontaneous returns 127 IDPs return from governorate n 0 (includes return to locations within governorate and reported by different mechanisms and further examined by the IDP TF through cross- Tartous 0 checking population numbers from previous years. 52 to outside)

IDP spontaneous returns map (K: thousand)

Spontaneous Returns 22,890 Al-Hasakeh 0.2K Spontaneous returns

Ar-Raqqa Aleppo 0.6K 200

Idleb Communities

1.5K

Hama Deir-ez-Zor Total IDP spontaneous returnee arrivals (by subdistrict) l 1 - 1,000 Homs l 1,001 - 5,000 0.4K l 5,001 - 10,000 l 10,001 - 20,000 l > 20,000 Rural Damascus O No returnees arrival reported 3.0K Damascus l Total number of returnees arrived 4.3K Spontanoeus IDP return movements by governorate Quneitra Dar'a

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 . Arrows on the map do not depict actual IDP movement paths.Source: Information as reported by CCCM, HNAP and OCHA Syria for Mar 2021. Creation Date: 12 May 2021 Feedback: [email protected]