Constructing market-based livelihood opportunities for refugees and host community families

I. INTRODUCTION

A menu of options for supporting livelihoods of refugee and host community families

I. INTRODUCTION

Humanitarian needs increase as the overall situation deteriorates, bureaucratic obstacles and insecurity hamper access to affected populations and tensions between refugees and host communities rise.

Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

More than 1.3 million refugees from Syria in dire need of increased international support

It is vital that the international community does more to help the increasing number of refugees pouring across borders as they flee the violence in Syria, said Amnesty International in a briefing published today.

To escape the ongoing bloodshed and violence at home, those fleeing have sought safety in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. Many live in extremely difficult conditions.

Executive Summary

2172 House Rayburn Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | Mar 20, 2013 9:45am

Opening Statement of the Honorable Ed Royce (R-CA)

House Committee on Foreign Affairs

Hearing on “Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response”

March 20, 2013

(As Prepared for Delivery)

This hearing will come to order. We meet today to review the Syrian crisis.

The Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) seeks to bring together information from all sources in the region and provide a coherent analysis of the overall situation in the region as well as in each of the affected countries.

A new MSF survey shows half of the refugees not receiving the required medical care. Immediate steps must be taken to improve shelter and provide aid to new arrivals.