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Introduction
This report provides an overview of the key findings and protection risks identified through Protection Monitoring (PM) for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and returning IDPs in March 2025. The exercise was coordinated by the PM Reference Group of the Protection Working Group and implemented by UNHCR, IOM INTERSOS, SHEILD, DRC, IRC, and CARITAS covering Beirut and Mount Lebanon (BML), Bekaa and Baalbek-El Hermel and the South Governorates.1
The methodology for this month's exercise consisted of 231 assessments, 204 of which were Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and 27 Focus Group Discussions (FGDs). The FGDs included 126 Syrian participants and 100 Lebanese participants. 76 assessments were conducted in BML (73 KIIs and 3 FGDs), 76 assessments in the South (68 KIIs and 8 FGDs), and 79 assessments in the Bekaa and Baalbek-El Hermel (63 KIIs and 16 FGDs). Data collection primarily included KIIs and FGDs with individuals providing data about Lebanese and Syrian nationals. A significantly smaller number had some knowledge on Palestinian refugees and migrants.2 As a result, the findings refer primarily to Lebanese and Syrian IDPs and apply to both nationalities unless otherwise specified. The assessments covered IDPs residing inside and outside collective shelters, in addition to IDPs who returned to their pre-conflict areas of origin.