PNN – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced that more than 16 million refugees inside Syria are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, citing Al Jazeera, according to a new UN report, despite the return of more than one million refugees from neighboring countries and about two million internally displaced people to their original areas, the humanitarian situation in Syria remains critical.
According to the UN, more than 70 percent of Syrian refugees live in extreme poverty and have limited access to basic services, education, and employment opportunities.
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The report highlights that critical infrastructure, including homes, schools, water networks and health facilities, has been either destroyed or severely strained, and many returnees have arrived in areas without basic services or in uninhabitable homes. Security risks such as the presence of landmines and instability in various regions also continue.
The United Nations has warned that millions of displaced people have lost their livelihoods and are unable to meet basic needs such as drinking water, electricity, food, medicine and rent, and this economic situation has exposed them to risks such as child labor, gender-based violence, early marriage and other forms of abuse.
The report also points to the difficult conditions of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries, with more than 90 percent of them in Lebanon and Turkey unable to meet their living expenses, and 93 percent of Syrian families in Jordan in debt for basic needs.
According to the UN, children bear the brunt of the crisis; half of Syrian refugees are under 18, and many have only known the experience of war and displacement. Their access to education is irregular, and the risk of child labor and early marriage is increasing.