RPW 3RD ANNUAL REPORT | 2022 : Endless Refuge and Unsafe Homecoming

The refugee crisis persists as the world’s second-largest, with 6.8 million refugees residing outside Sayria’s borders. Lebanon, a neighboring country, has been disproportionately impacted, facing economic, health, and political crises. Conditions for a safe return to home country are absent, yet there is growing pressure on refugees to go back. Harmful practices, like pushbacks and inadequate protection, are increasing. Despite deteriorating conditions, spontaneous returns remain low, accounting for less than 1% of refugees in host countries. Only 1.7% of displaced refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt express an intention to return within the next year.