Written question asked by Matthew Offord (Conservative) on Friday, 24 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 February 2023. It was answered by David Rutley (Conservative) on Monday, 6 March 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Syria: Refugees

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of refugees who have entered Lebanon as a result of conflict in Syria.

Answer: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) provides authoritative assessments on displacement. It estimates there are over 6.6 million Syrian refugees worldwide, of which 5.5 million are hosted in countries near Syria, notably Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. The Lebanese Government estimates there are 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The Lebanese Government instructed UNHCR to suspend the new registration of refugees at the beginning of 2015 and we have urged the Lebanese government to enable refugee registration by UNHCR to resume. Accurate registration of refugees facilitates international support and is in everyone's interest.

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