today plate 256 · people on the move · 2025 data

More Syrian refugees returned in 2025 than in 2015–2024 combined

  • 1,341k Syrian refugees who returned home in 2025, more than the 1,060k of the ten years 2015–2024 combined.
  • 2.6× Returns in 2025 against 2024 (513k), the year that ended with the fall of Syria's government in December.
  • 4.87 million Syrian refugees still abroad at the end of 2025, down from 6.85 million in 2021: back to the 2015 level.
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