3 days ago · DAMASCUS – Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the international community for bold and decisive action to help Syrians rebuild their war-torn country and support displaced Syrians in returning home.

3 days ago · DAMASCUS – Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the international community for bold and decisive action to help Syrians rebuild their war-torn country and support displaced Syrians in returning home.. Since September, more than 500,000 refugees have returned to Syria, including 200,000 after the fall of the Assad regime.

5 days ago · U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, gestures during a new press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, June 10, 2024. ... U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi cautioned during a visit to Damascus during which he met with Syria’s new de facto leader ...

3 days ago · In Damascus, Grandi held high-level discussions with the caretaker authorities, including the country's leader, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, which focused on how best to support Syrians returning home. Grandi made a call for donors to support efforts to meet the immense immediate humanitarian needs as well as ensure the country’s long-term recovery.

2 days ago · UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks to reporters at a hotel in Damascus, Jan. 25, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images) ... Steven Ganot . 01/28/2025 . UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged the international community to step up assistance for Syrians returning to their war-torn homeland, as the ...

4 days ago · The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi concluded a visit to Syria on Monday, calling for urgent international support to aid those returning home. Since September, over 500,000 refugees have made the journey, but they face overwhelming challenges: destroyed homes, shattered infrastructure and widespread poverty, according to the ...

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 27 January 2025 . DAMASCUS -- Wrapping up a visit to Syria on Monday, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed to the ...

4 days ago · “We have seen the needle move, finally, after years of decline,” Filippo Grandi told a small group of reporters in Damascus, after holding meetings with the Syria’s new ruling administration.

Jan 23, 2025 · U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called Thursday for cooperation between Syria's new authorities, host countries and donors to secure the return of 6.2 million Syrian refugees to ...

5 days ago · However, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi cautioned during a visit to Damascus during which he met with Syria’s new de facto leader, Ahmad al-Sharaa, that many of the returnees ...