In 2013, UNRWA plans to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to thousands affected by the conflict in Syria, and to those who have fled to Jordan and Lebanon.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Executive summary

As of 22 October 2012, there were more than 350,000 Syrian refugees registered or awaiting registration with UNHCR in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, as well as an estimated 1.2 million displaced people inside Syria. As displacement continues to grow and UNHCR and its partners estimate the number of refugees in the four main host counties could rise to 710,000 individuals by the end of the year 2012, humanitarian agencies have made specific preparations to assist both refugees and displaced Syrians during the coming winter months.

Appeal Target: US$ 5,148,305
Balance Requested: US$ 3,429,080

Dear Colleagues,

A preliminary appeal to respond to the emergency in Syria was issued on 10 February 2012, and full appeal was issued subsequently on 26 March 2012. Since then, the situation in Syria has deteriorated and clashes across the country have continued, generating massive internal displacement and refugee flows into neighbouring countries and provoking incidents of violence across the region.

Appeal Target: US$ 3,123,857
Balance Requested: US$ 1,814,377

Dear Colleagues,

A preliminary appeal to respond to the emergency in Syria was issued on 10 February 2012, and full appeal was issued subsequently on 26 March 2012. Since then, the situation in Syria has deteriorated and clashes across the country have continued, generating massive internal displacement and refugee flows into neighbouring countries and provoking incidents of violence across the region.

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

On 23 March 2012, seven UN agencies and 28 NGO partners, in close consultation with the refugee hosting Governments of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, presented the inter-agency Syria Regional Response Plan, requesting US $84.1 million to address the humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees for a period of six months through September 2012.

Appeal Target: US$ 2,997,225
Balance Requested: US$ 2,323,035

Dear Colleagues,

Executive Summary

Several years after a massive influx of Iraqi refugees prompted the humanitarian community to build its first comprehensive and coordinated protection and assistance response, Iraqi refugees continue to constitute one of the largest urban refugee populations in the world.

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