UNHCR's August 2026 operational update gives 1,795,641 returnees from countries of asylum and 2,009,506 IDP returnees, both counted from December 2024
Claim ID
RETURNS-001
Exact or summary claim
UNHCR's August 2026 operational update gives 1,795,641 returnees from countries of asylum and 2,009,506 IDP returnees, both counted from December 2024
Destination
Chapter 7
Status
SUPPORTED
Source
UNHCR Operational Update, Syrian Arab Republic, August 2026 (SRC-858), page 1 panel
Source type
Official operational reporting, primary document opened
Published
2026-09-29
Accessed
2026-10-18
Measure and scope
Panel figures, December 2024 to August 2026. The refugee-returnee figure is UNHCR's own, 'calculated by triangulating multiple data sources, including population-movement reporting and border-monitoring data'; the IDP-returnee figure is OCHA's and UNHCR's. Neither is a count at a crossing.
Known conflict
The May 2026 update (SRC-024; CH1-011) gave 1,667,078 and 1,917,862; Chapter 1 l.227 to l.229 sets the May figures against FEWS NET and is not moved by this row. UNHCR dashboards of 15 October 2026 (124507, 124506) give later figures (STATUS §3.5) and were not opened by this unit.
Specialist
None
Downstream
Chapter 7 l.167; any later chapter citing returns
Action
Print attributed to the August update with its dates. Do not set against FEWS NET or the May figures as a series. Re-read at any later closing date (a monthly series: STATUS prevention).