The number of Syrian refugees returning from Jordan to Syria during the first six months of the current year reached 1895, with Jordan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stressing the voluntary return and refusing to force it.
UNHCR spokesperson in Jordan, Mishaal Al-Fayez, told Al-Mamlaka that the number of refugees returning from Jordan to Syria since the border was opened in 2018 is 46,103, including 5,476 refugees from Zaatari camp.
In the Zaatari camp (10 kilometers east of the city of Mafraq), 81,983 refugees out of 676,164 Syrian refugees registered with the UNHCR until the end of last month, the government is talking about 1.3 million Syrians since the beginning of the crisis in 2011.
According to the European Commission, the European Commission, 2022, in June, about the intentions of the bureaucracy, 36% of Syrian refugees in Jordan will return within 5 years, but 2.4% of future Syrians within a year.
Safety and security concerns remain the refugees' main concern, followed by concerns about livelihood opportunities and inadequate basic services, according to UNHCR, which says it "does not facilitate or encourage return to Syria."
UN Secretary-General António Guterres stressed last month that refugees cannot be forced to return "if their lives or freedom are in danger".
According to UNHCR data, since 2016, 32,551 Syrian refugees have returned to Syria, of whom 62,916 are Syrian refugees residing in Jordan.
UNHCR says that the numbers for returnees to Syria are those that have been "verified or monitored by UNHCR and do not reflect the full number of returnees, which may be much higher."
During the first six months of this year, 22,362 Syrian refugees returned to Syria, most of them residing in Turkey, and their number reached 15,149, according to UNHCR data.
Jordan insists on resolving the Syrian crisis through a political solution that guarantees Syria's unity and cohesion, restores its security and health, and also provides conditions for the voluntary return of refugees to their country, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Ayman Safadi.
His Majesty King Abdullah II spoke this month of "the many and catastrophic consequences of the Syrian crisis, and its solution is to reach a comprehensive political solution that addresses all its consequences, ends the suffering of the brotherly Syrian people, provides conditions for the voluntary return of refugees, and restores security and stability to Syria. This is what we have worked for, and this is what We will keep working for him."
The opening of the border between Jordan and Syria was announced on October 15, 2018, and the Syrian government regained control of the area around the Nassib crossing in July through a Russian-backed offensive that lasted several weeks.
Human Rights Watch praised the Netherlands' refusal to return Syrian refugees to Denmark under the Dublin Convention.
In its report issued today, Thursday, August 4, the organization said that the Netherlands' refusal to return refugees to Denmark for fear of violating their rights by the government helps protect Syrian asylum seekers.
On the other hand, the report criticized Denmark’s decision to consider the governorates of Damascus and its countryside under the control of the Syrian regime as “safe areas,” noting that they are under the control of the Syrian authority responsible for crimes against humanity in Syria, according to the report.
The report added that it is not possible for the decision to change the Danish classification on "safe areas", considering that Denmark is responsible for changing this classification.
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