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Ammon News - 1,941 Syrian refugees left Jordan during the first six months of this year and return to their country, according to data issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

The data showed that 16,529 Syrian refugees from Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq will return to Syria in 2023.

50,966 Syrian refugees returned to Syria from various refugee-hosting countries in 2022, compared to 35,624 in 2021, 38,235 in 2020, and 94,971 in 2019.

Jordan hosts more than 1.3 million Syrians since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, including nearly 660,000 Syrian refugees registered with the UNHCR, as of July 5, 2023.

A survey carried out by the United Nations that published last June, showed that 1.1% of Syrian refugees in four Arab countries want to return to their country within a year.

The survey also showed that 97% of the Syrian refugees in Jordan participating in the survey do not intend to return to their country within the next 12 months, compared to 2.4% who have not decided yet.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Ayman Safadi announced this month that the basis for the voluntary return of 1,000 Syrian refugees to their country would soon be reached, during a visit to the Syrian capital, Damascus.