The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) announced today, Tuesday, November 11, that reduced funding threatens to leave 750,000 Syrian refugees without vital winter assistance.
According to UNHCR, the shortages affect blankets, mattresses, kitchen sets, solar lamps, and winter clothing.
Dominique Hyde, UNHCR’s Director of External Relations, said that more than one million Syrians have been able to return to their country since the fall of the Assad regime. She added that many arrived to homes destroyed by years of war and fighting, noting that the organization’s winter support will be far more limited this year.
Hyde, who visited Syria and Jordan, stressed that humanitarian budgets are overstretched. Families, she said, will have to endure extremely cold temperatures and face a “harsh” winter without items many take for granted, such as adequate roofing, insulation, heating, blankets, warm clothes, or medicines.
She underlined that families she met in Jordan still hold onto hopes of returning, yet are daunted by the immense challenge of rebuilding.
“As temperatures drop in the northern hemisphere, humanitarian funding is also falling. Families displaced from their homes should not be left to face winter alone,” Hyde said.
She explained that UNHCR teams are on the ground and determined to protect refugees and internally displaced people from the cold, but the agency needs more funding to ease widespread suffering, “as both time and resources are running out.”
Fundraising campaign to help refugees
UNHCR announced the launch of a global winter fundraising campaign to help forcibly displaced families and returnees in several severely affected areas meet their urgent needs in the coming months.
It called on individuals and private donors to contribute to life-saving efforts as temperatures drop, at a time when many governments are cutting support for the agency.
Through the campaign, UNHCR aims to raise at least 35 million US dollars “to help repair and insulate homes damaged by shelling, provide warmth and blankets for children and older people, and offer money to buy medicines and hot food,” describing it as one of the agency’s most important fundraising drives.
According to UNHCR, 53 dollars helps one refugee access medical care in Jordan, 120 dollars provides shelter materials for a refugee family in Lebanon to repair their home before winter, and 181 dollars can provide a winter kit for a family in Syria.
Cash grant for returnees from Turkey
On November 5, the Shafak organization, an independent, non-profit civil society group founded in Turkey, began accepting applications to register for a cash grant provided by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
The grant is designated for Syrian families who voluntarily returned from Turkey to Syria after November 29, 2024.
According to the organization’s announcement, the grant is a one-time payment of 600 US dollars per family, intended to support returnees during their initial stabilization phase inside Syria.
Shafak clarified that the link in its announcement is only for booking an appointment and organizing attendance at designated centers, adding that actual registration takes place at the centers according to the appointment obtained.
The organization noted that its role is limited to assisting with the registration process, while final approval and eligibility criteria are subject to UNHCR conditions.
It also explained that, for now, the grant is only for returnees from Turkey and does not include those coming from Lebanon, Jordan, or any other country.
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