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Nearly 1.4 million refugees and about 2 million IDPs have returned to Syria, speaker says
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An unidentified speaker said nearly 1,400,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries and nearly 2,000,000 internally displaced people have also gone home; the United Nations, UNHCR and NGOs are helping with transfers and reintegration, but needs remain large.
An unidentified speaker said nearly 1,400,000 refugees have returned to Syria, mainly from neighboring countries including Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, and also from Iraq and Egypt.
"We've seen nearly 1,400,000 refugees returning to Syria, mainly from neighboring countries, from Turkey, from Lebanon, from Jordan, but also, from Iraq and from Egypt," the speaker said, adding that returnees report a desire to reunite with family.
The speaker said many returnees told aid workers they wanted to go back because "the reasons that push them to flee do…
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