{"id":956,"date":"2025-05-30T14:21:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/lithuania\/?page_id=956"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:23:07","slug":"syria-is-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/lithuania\/syria-is-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:29% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/dummy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3223 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If you are thinking of returning to Syria from abroad, here you\u2019ll find reliable information and organizations that may be able to help you and your family re-establish your home.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cce3f2\"><strong>Is it safe to return to Syria?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Returning home is a personal decision that should be fully informed, voluntary and take place in conditions of safety and dignity.<\/strong>&nbsp;It is a choice only you and your family can make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UNHCR continues to call on countries and local authorities to allow those who fled to access their place of origin\/residence, and to refrain from returning anyone against their wishes.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UNHCR stands ready to support as conditions allow.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every refugee has the right to return home voluntarily, in safety and dignity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile has-background\" style=\"background-color:#abb7c224;grid-template-columns:auto 41%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>To help you make informed decisions about returning to Syria, UNHCR created&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/syriaishome.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syria is Home<\/a>, where you can find<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>information on legal steps, documents, housing, healthcare, and education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/syriaishome.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/dummy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/03\/Syria-is-home-buttons-2-1024x265.png\" alt=\"Syria is Home website\" class=\"wp-image-3201 size-full\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#cce3f2\"><strong>Who can help me return to Syria from Lithuania?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lithuania does not have support programs for returning to Syria. However, UNHCR in Lithuania&nbsp; works with its partner organization, the Lithuanian Red Cross which&nbsp;offer consultation services that may be relevant to you if you choose to return to Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Lithuanian Red Cross Society<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Address:\u00a0<\/strong>Jasinskio str. 16B, 03163 Vilnius\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Tel:<\/strong>&nbsp;? 111 and +370 5 2127322<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;E-mail:<\/strong>&nbsp;?&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:legal@redcross.lt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal@redcross.lt<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Webpage:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.lt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.redcross.lt<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you are outside of Syria<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>and not in Lithuania,<\/strong>&nbsp;please contact our offices in the country you are in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/\"><strong>Select the country you are in to find out how to contact us &gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fdf799\"><strong>Attention! 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