Over 820 People Return To Syria From Abroad Over Past 24 Hours - Refugee Center

Over 820 Syrian refugees, including 422 minors, have returned to their home country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees said on Monday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 17th December, 2018) Over 820 Syrian refugees, including 422 minors, have returned to their home country from Jordan and Lebanon over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of Refugees said on Monday.

"Over the past day, in total 828 people returned to the Syrian Arab Republic from the territory of foreign states: 213 people (64 women and 108 children) left Lebanon for Syria via the Jaydet-Yabus and Talkalakh CPs [checkpoints], and 615 people (185 women and 314 children) from Jordan via the Nasib CP," the center said in its daily bulletin.

As many as 197 internally displaced Syrians returned to their homes over the period, the center added.

A total of 22 residents of Salhiyah settlement in the Deir ez-Zor province, situated in the east of the country, received medical assistance over the past 24 hours.�

According to the statement, Syrian engineering units cleared of mines 9.9 hectares (24.5 acres) of land and destroyed 41 explosive devices over the period.

Syria, which has been suffering from an armed conflict for more than seven years, is now focused on the repatriation of refugees, who were forced to flee the armed conflict and seek asylum in other countries, and the reconstruction of infrastructure. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 6.6 million officially registered Syrian refugees are currently residing abroad.