AMMAN: More than 200,000 Syrian refugees voluntarily returned home from Jordan between December 2024 and June this year, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees said on Saturday.
In a report released on World Refugee Day, June 20, the UNHCR said that voluntary returns from Jordan to Syria increased significantly in the past two years.
Yousef Taha, UNHCR spokesperson in Jordan, told Al-Mamlaka TV that 23,150 Syrian refugees have returned home since the beginning of this year, including 2,500 refugees between June 1-13.
Returns are continuing at a steady pace, he added.
About 82,000 children were among those returning home.
UNHCR data showed notable increases in returns to Syria during 2025, with almost 1 million internally displaced people returning to their home areas between January and June 2025.
During the same period, more than 526,000 Syrian refugees returned from abroad, with the total number returning from outside the country rising to about 1 million by mid-September the same year.
World Refugee Day highlights the suffering of displaced people, and supports efforts to find solutions through voluntary return, resettlement, or integration into host communities.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for stronger action to protect those forced to flee their homes due to conflict or persecution.
In a message marking World Refugee Day, he said that millions of women, children, and men are forced to seek safety far from home as a result of both newly emerging conflicts and long-running crises.
Guterres highlighted the importance of upholding international refugee law, protecting the right to seek asylum, and finding solutions that enable refugees to live in safety and dignity.
He called for stronger support for refugees, and for countries and communities that host them, adding that collective action is essential to protect the rights of those forced to flee.
