{"id":2981,"date":"2025-05-20T10:31:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T10:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/?page_id=2981"},"modified":"2025-06-17T08:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:31:40","slug":"when-considering-returning-to-syria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/latest-developments-in-syria\/when-considering-returning-to-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"When considering returning to Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The decision to return to Syria is a deeply personal one, and it should always be fully informed, voluntary and take place in conditions of safety and dignity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the recent developments in Syria present an opportunity for Syria to move forward and for Syrian refugees&nbsp;and internally displaced people to think about returning home, it is too early for UNHCR to advise about the situation in areas of intended returns, as it is expected to continue to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR and partners are monitoring the situation inside Syria closely. At the current time, we cannot provide confirmed or accurate information about the current security situation inside Syria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is not up to UNHCR or anyone else to make the decision to return on behalf of refugees. Refugees are best placed to make that decision based on their individual circumstances, family situation, and conditions in their home country.&nbsp; UNHCR continues to call on host countries to permit short-term visits by Syrian refugees to their place of origin without impact to their legal status, and to refrain from forcible returns to Syria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNHCR believes it is important for refugees to be able to assess conditions firsthand in their area of intended return, such as through short \u2018go-and-see\u2019 visits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>UNHCR is not currently facilitating any visits to Syria.&nbsp;<\/strong>However, UNHCR believes it is important for refugees to be able to assess conditions in their area of intended return, such as through short&nbsp;<strong>\u2018go-and-see\u2019<\/strong>&nbsp;UNHCR will continue to advocate for this possibility with concerned States.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UNHCR cannot guarantee the practices at border crossing points<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>UNHCR cannot guarantee that anyone departing their country of asylum to conduct a short visit to Syria can re-enter again.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision to return to Syria is a deeply personal one, and it should always be fully informed, voluntary and take place in conditions of safety and dignity. While the recent developments in Syria present an opportunity for Syria to move forward and for Syrian refugees&nbsp;and internally displaced people to think about returning home, it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"parent":2966,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sectioned.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2981","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2981\/revisions\/3150"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.unhcr.org\/romania\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}