refugees of the Syrian civil war

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Over 13.2 million Syrians had been forcibly displaced by the end of 2019.

{{cite news|year=2019|title=UNHCR Global Trends 2019|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |url=https://www.unhcr.org/statistics/unhcrstats/5ee200e37/unhcr-global-trends-2019.html}} At least 6.7 million of them have left the country (more than half of them to Turkey), with the rest moving within Syria.{{cite web|date=2019-06-03|title=Palestine Refugees in Syria: A Tale of Devastation and Courage – UNRWA Commissioner-General Op Ed – Question of Palestine|url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/palestine-refugees-in-syria-a-tale-of-devastation-and-courage-unrwa-commissioner-general-op-ed/|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Question of Palestine}}

The Eurostat/UN Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics (EGRIS) considers three distinct main categories of people of concern:{{Cite web|last=Expert Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics|date=March 2018|title=INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ON REFUGEE STATISTICS|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/Standards-and-Methods/files/Principles_and_Recommendations/International-Migration/2018_1746_EN_08-E.pdf|page=30|quote=Figure 3.1: Scope of the population of refugee and refugee-related populations}}

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|persons in need of international protection (e.g. asylum seekers, refugees, etc.);|persons with a refugee background (e.g. naturalized former refugees, children born of refugee parents, reunited family members, etc.);

|persons returned from abroad after seeking international protections.}}The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) curates a database of estimated number of Syrian refugees and asylum seekers per country. These numbers are gathered from local governments, but do not include former refugees that have been resettled. The total number of refugees that a country has received may therefore be higher, if a country has accepted or rejected refugees. The data below is gathered from the UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, and supplemented with several additional sources.

The graph below shows how many Syrian refugees and asylum seekers have been present outside Syria over time, as registered by the UNHCR. Note that this does not include people from the moment they are resettled, unregistered refugees, and illegal immigrants.

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|x=2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

|y1=34372, 755028, 2509342, 3967138, 5119093, 5708848, 6457677, 6793950, 6734250, 6704248

|y2=224, 248666, 585711, 1558149, 2503846, 2824167, 3424399, 3622477, 3576370, 3574836

|y3=492, 127181, 851616, 1147912, 1062706, 1005513, 992137, 944186, 910586, 884266

|y4=2811, 239289, 585304, 623112, 628223, 648836, 653031, 676283, 654692, 657960

|y5=14868, 24151, 31819, 70585, 197186, 475649, 567507, 584461, 614403, 600292

|y6=1714, 64771, 213973, 235421, 244642, 230836, 247057, 252526, 245810, 245421

|y7=94, 12836, 131659, 138381, 117635, 116013, 126688, 132871, 129210, 130042

|y8=1691, 9802, 24792, 53296, 101993, 103999, 107145, 111696, 115725, 115873

|y9=12478, 28332, 84468, 140282, 262862, 303835, 339713, 469450, 487454, 495558

|y1Title=Total

|y2Title=Turkey

|y3Title=Lebanon

|y4Title=Jordan

|y5Title=Germany

|y6Title=Iraq

|y7Title=Egypt

|y8Title=Sweden

|y9Title=Other countries

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Includes prospective asylum seekers and people in refugee-like situations. Last updated mid-2020.{{Cite web

|url=https://www.unhcr.org/refugee-statistics/download/?url=Ncf11j|title=UNHCR. Refugee Statistics|access-date=28 April 2023}} Countries below 100,000 Syrians have been grouped in 'Other countries'.

An approach to include not just current refugees but also the former refugees that have resettled, is to consider the immigration per country. Depending on local census frequency and inclusion criteria,{{Cite web|title=Eurostat Reference metadata, Immigration (migr_immi), 3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions|url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/migr_immi_esms.htm#stat_conc_def|access-date=2021-05-02|publisher=European Commission|quote=Countries by inclusion/exclusion of asylum seekers and refugees in the data on migration reported to Eurostat in the framework of the Unified Demographic data collection Reference Year 2015–2019

Asylum seekers usual residents for at least 12 months
Included: BE, DE, EE, EL, ES, FR, IT, CY, LU, NL, AT, PT, UK, NO¹, CH
Excluded: BG, CZ, DK, IE, HR, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE, IS, LI

Refugees usual residents for at least 12 months
Included: BE, BG, CZ, DK, DE, EE, IE², EL, ES, FR, HR, IT, CY, LV, LT, LU, HU, MT, NL, AT, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, FI, SE, UK, IS, LI, NO¹, CH}} these numbers may be more or less approximate. The net immigration is the difference in citizens from Syria between 2011 and the time of data collection. As such it does not include people who returned to Syria. Neither UNHCR nor immigration data include illegal immigrants.

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{{efn|name=stat-immidata|From various government sources. Inclusion criteria vary by source and by country.}}

{{efn|name=stat-unhcr1|Includes prospective asylum seekers, persons with determined protection status, and people in refugee-like situations.}}

{{efn|name=stat-serbkos|Serbia and Kosovo are grouped in the UNHCR statistics.}}

{{efn|name=noyr2011|No immigration data available for 2011.}}

{{efn|name=noyr2013|No immigration data available for 2013.}}

{{efn|name=update31m21|Last update 31 March 2021.}}

{{efn|name=update21a21|Last update 21 April 2021.}}

{{efn|name=noyr2019|No immigration data available for 2019.}}

{{efn|name=othercountries|Combination of the remaining (non-exhaustive) data from UNHCR and Eurostat, for countries with less than 1000 Syrian refugees/migrants each.}}

}}

{{Main|Syrian civil war}}

Human rights in Syria under the rule of the Ba'ath Party (continuous since 1963) are considered to be in exceptionally poor conditions by international observers and have been deteriorating further since 2008.[https://www.hrw.org/world-report-2010 World Report 2010 Human Rights Watch World Report 2010], pg. 555.{{cite web|url=http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/syria|title=Amnesty International Report 2009, Syria|access-date=28 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007231314/http://thereport.amnesty.org/en/regions/middle-east-north-africa/syria|archive-date=7 October 2009}} The 2010–11 Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen inspired major protests in Syria. The Syrian Army intervened in March 2011,{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-13343540 |title=Syrian army tanks 'moving towards Hama' |publisher=BBC News |date=10 May 2011 |access-date=18 May 2015}} and the Syrian government crackdown gradually increased in violence, escalating to major military operations to suppress resistance. In April, hundreds died in clashes between the Syrian Army and opposition forces, which included armed protestors and defected soldiers.{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=219606|title=Civilian killings in Syrian demonstrations rises to 800|date=5 July 2011|work=The Jerusalem Post|access-date=11 April 2012}} As Syria descended into civil war,{{cite news|title=U.S. has secretly provided arms training to Syria rebels since 2012 |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/sns-la-fg-cia-syria-20130622-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date= 21 June 2013}} it quickly became divided into a complex patchwork of shifting alliances and territories between the Assad government, rebel groups, the SDF, and Salafi jihadist groups (including ISIL). Over half a million people died in the war, including around two hundred thousand civilians.{{cite web|title=About 475 thousand persons were killed in 76 months of the Syrian revolution |url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=70012 |date=16 July 2017| access-date=12 August 2017 |publisher=SOHR}}

By May 2011, thousands of people had fled from the war to neighbouring countries, with even larger numbers displaced within Syria itself.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/05/14/syria.conflict/index.html?hpt=T2 |title=Witnesses: Soldiers shell Syrian border town amid refugee flight |publisher=CNN|date=14 May 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/13/syrias_refugees_from_terror |title=Syria's refugees from terror |first=Hanin |last=Ghaddar |publisher=Foreign Policy: The Middle East Channel |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-date=31 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731092620/http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/05/13/syrias_refugees_from_terror |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2011/05/03/turkey-preparing-for-large-numbers-of-syrian-refugees/ |title=Turkey preparing for large numbers of Syrian refugees |publisher=Ya Libnan |date=3 May 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011}} As armies assaulted various locations and battled, entire villages were trying to escape, with thousands of refugees a day crossing borders.{{cite news|last=Yacoub |first=Khaled |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-idUSTRE75J0AV20110623 |title=Syrian troops near Turkey border, refugees flee |work=Reuters|date=23 June 2011|access-date=7 July 2011}}{{cite news|first=Martin |last=Chulov |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/09/syria-turkey-refugees-denounce-regime |title=Syrian refugees in Turkey: 'People see the regime is lying. It is falling apart' |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2011|access-date=7 July 2011 |location=London}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/syria-turkey-border-idUSL6E8F60LY20120406 |work=Reuters|title=Syria refugees brave mines, machineguns to reach Turkish sanctuary |date=6 April 2012}} Other reasons for displacement in the region, often adding to the Syrian Civil War, target the refugees of the Iraqi civil war, Kurdish refugees, and Palestinian refugees.

"The Syria crisis has become the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era, yet the world is failing to meet the needs of refugees and the countries hosting them", the UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres said in 2014.{{cite news|title=Syrian refugees biggest humanitarian crisis|url=http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/sid/225225113|date=28 August 2014|access-date=30 August 2014|work=Middle East Star}} The UNHCR reported that the total number of refugees worldwide exceeds 50 million for the first time since World War II, largely due to the Syrian civil war.Harriet Sherwood, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/20/global-refugee-figure-passes-50-million-unhcr-report Global refugee figure passes 50 m for first time since second world war], The Guardian, 20 June 2014.

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The number of refugees that crossed the Turkish border reached 10,000–15,000 by mid 2011.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110617/wl_mideast_afp/syriaviolenceturkeyrefugees_20110617130011 |title='Nearly 10,000' Syrian refugees in Turkey |publisher=Yahoo! News |date=17 June 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623163253/https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110617/wl_mideast_afp/syriaviolenceturkeyrefugees_20110617130011 |archive-date=23 June 2011}}{{cite web |author=Erisa Dautaj Şenerdem |url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-allows-limited-access-to-syrian-refugee-camp-2011-06-19 |title=Turkey allows limited access to Syrian refugee camp |work=Hürriyet Daily News |date=19 June 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111129172805/http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=turkey-allows-limited-access-to-syrian-refugee-camp-2011-06-19 |archive-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4086653,00.html |title=Syrian refugees continue to flock to Turkey |publisher=Israel News, Ynetnews |date=24 June 2011 |access-date=7 July 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/news-249275-five-babies-born-in-syrian-refugee-camps-in-turkey-named-recep-tayyip.html |title=Five babies born in Syrian refugee camps in Turkey named 'Recep Tayyip' |website=Today's Zaman |date=3 July 2011 |access-date=23 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134503/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-249275-five-babies-born-in-syrian-refugee-camps-in-turkey-named-recep-tayyip.html |archive-date=4 March 2016}} More than 5,000 returned to Syria between July and August, while most were moved to newly built camps that hosted 7,600 refugees by November.{{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/world/middleeast/refugees-from-syria-settle-in-for-long-wait-in-turkey.html?pagewanted=all |work=The New York Times |first=Liam |last=Stack |title=Refugees From Syria Settle in for Long Wait in Turkey |date=14 November 2011}} By the end of 2011, the number of refugees were estimated to be 5,500–8,500 in Lebanon, with around 2,500 registered,{{cite news |author=Cajsa Wikstrom |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/08/201183193459811971.html |title=Escaping Syria's crackdown – Features |publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=23 February 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/14236-syrian-refugees-continue-fleeing-to-lebanon-numbers-reach-2600 |title=Syrian Refugees Continue Fleeing to Lebanon, Numbers Reach 2600 |publisher=Naharnet |date=3 September 2011 |access-date=23 February 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://www.yalibnan.com/2011/06/18/8500-syrian-refugees-in-lebanon-report/ |title= 8500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon, report |author=yalibnan |date= 18 June 2011 |access-date=19 February 2015}}{{cite news |url= http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Dec-17/157156-nearly-5000-syrian-refugees-in-north-lebanon.ashx |title=Nearly 5,000 Syrian refugees in north Lebanon |work= The Daily Star |date=17 December 2011 |access-date=23 February 2013}} around 1,500 registered in Jordan (with possibly thousands more unregistered),{{cite news |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/14/182645.html |title=Syrian refugees flee to Jordan |publisher=Al Arabiya |date=14 December 2011 |access-date=23 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703101524/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/14/182645.html |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead }} and thousands had found shelter in Libya.{{cite news|url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/libya-dec-19-2011-2154 |title=Libya – December 19, 2011 – 21:54 |publisher=Blogs.aljazeera.net |date=19 December 2011 |access-date=23 February 2013}}{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}

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By April 2012, in the early insurgency phase of the Syrian civil war preceding 10 April ceasefire under the Kofi Annan peace plan, UN reported 200,000 or more Syrians internally displaced, 55,000 registered refugees and an estimated 20,000 not yet registered.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-refugees-idUSBRE8390JE20120410 |access-date=20 May 2017|title=Factbox: Syrian refugee exodus grows |work=Reuters|date=10 April 2012}} 25,000 were registered in Turkey, 10,000 in Lebanon (mostly fleeing fighting in Homs, around 10,000 more were unregistered), 7,000 in Jordan (with 2,000 more unregistered estimated by the UNHCR, 20,000 according to JOHUD and 80,000 arrivals according to Jordanian officials{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/World/News/Syria-Refugees-brace-for-more-bloodshed-20120312 |title=Syria: Refugees brace for more bloodshed |work=News24|access-date=13 November 2014}}), 800 in Iraq (400 more unregistered). Within Syria, there were 100,000 refugees from Iraq, 70,000 more already returned to Iraq.

In mid 2012, when the peace plan failed and the UN for the first time officially proclaimed Syria to be in a state of civil war,{{cite news|title=Syria in civil war, says UN official Herve Ladsous|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18417952|publisher=BBC News|date=12 June 2012|access-date=7 January 2014}} the number of registered refugees increased to more than 110,000.{{cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/500530136.html|title=UNHCR – Number of Syrian refugees triples to 112,000 since April|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|access-date=11 June 2015}} Over 2 days in July, 19,000 Syrians fled from Damascus into Lebanon, as violence inside the city escalated.{{cite web |title=Free Syrian Army seizes control of 4 border crossings with Turkey, Iraq |url=http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/19/227324.html |publisher=Al Arabiya |access-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721113610/http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/07/19/227324.html |archive-date=21 July 2012 |url-status=dead }} The first Syrian refugees migrated by sea to the European Union,{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-crisis-italy-boat-idUSBRE8780L720120809|title=Boat carrying Syrian refugees lands in southern Italy |access-date=20 May 2017|date=9 August 2012|work=Reuters}} small numbers found asylum in various countries such as Colombia.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/search?page=search&docid=51c846139&query=colombia%20syria |title=UNHCR – Syrian refugee flees all the way to Colombia to escape the violence at home|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|access-date=13 November 2014}} Some refugees were turned away from Jordan.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/07/syrian-refugees-jordan.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=As refugees surge, some Syrians turned away from Jordan|date=21 July 2012}} By the end of 2012, the UNHCR reported that the number of refugees jumped to well over 750,000{{cite web|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php|title=Syria Regional Refugee Response – Regional Overview|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)|work=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219072255/http://www.data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php|url-status=dead}} with 135,519 in Turkey; 54,000 in Iraqi Kurdistan and about 9,000 in the rest of Iraq;{{cite web|url=http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2012/12/syriakurd705.htm|title=More than 54,000 Syrian refugees in Kurdistan, 8,852 in Iraq: UN|access-date=11 June 2015}} 150,000 in Lebanon 142,000 in Jordan and over 150,000 in Egypt[https://news.yahoo.com/un-150-000-syrian-refugees-fled-egypt-114105346.html UN: 150,000 Syrian Refugees Fled to Egypt] Associated Press. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2012.

An estimated 1.5 million Syrians are refugees by the end of 2013.{{cite journal|last1=Taheri|first1=Amir |title=Has the Time Come for Military Intervention in Syria?|journal=American Foreign Policy Interests|date=9 August 2013|volume=35|issue=4|pages=217–220|doi=10.1080/10803920.2013.822756|s2cid=154089843 }} In 2014, the deteriorating humanitarian situation in neighboring Iraq prompted an influx of Iraqi refugees into north-eastern Syria. By the end of August, the UN estimated 6.5 million people had been displaced within Syria, while more than 3 million had fled to countries such as Lebanon (1.1 million), Jordan (600,000) and Turkey (800,000).

With the beginning of 2015, the European Union struggled to cope with the migrant crisis, its countries entering negotiations and heated political debate over closing or reinforcing borders and quota systems for resettlement of refugees and migrants from different parts of the world.{{cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/55e9793b6.html|title=UNHCR chief issues key guidelines for dealing with Europe's refugee crisis|date=4 September 2015|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees}}{{Cite journal|last=Greenhill|first=Kelly M.|year=2016|title=Open Arms Behind Barred Doors: Fear, Hypocrisy and Policy Schizophrenia in the European Migration Crisis|journal=European Law Journal|volume=22|issue=3|pages=317–332|doi=10.1111/eulj.12179|s2cid=147793976|issn=1468-0386}} The image of a drowned Syrian toddler's body washed up on a Turkish beach becomes a seminal moment in the refugee crises and global response.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/if-these-extraordinarily-powerful-images-of-a-dead-syrian-child-washed-up-on-a-beach-don-t-change-10482757.html |title=If these extraordinarily powerful images of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach don't change Europe's attitude to refugees, what will? |author=Adam Withnall |date=2 September 2015 |work=The Independent}}{{cite web |url=http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/if-this-powerful-image-will-not-change-uk-attitudes-to-refugees-what-will |title=If this powerful image will not change UK attitudes to refugees, what will? |publisher=Stop the War Coalition |access-date=23 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100730/http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/if-this-powerful-image-will-not-change-uk-attitudes-to-refugees-what-will |archive-date=8 December 2015 |url-status=dead }} National debates and media coverage about the Syrian refugee crises increase markedly, bringing considerable attention to the human costs of the Syrian Civil War, the responsibilities of host countries, pressures forcing refugees to migrate from their host countries, people smuggling, and the responsibilities of third countries to resettle refugees.{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2215315/alan-kurdis-father-was-working-as-a-human-smuggler-claims-fellow-refugee/ |title=Alan Kurdi's father was working as a human smuggler claims fellow refugee |publisher=Global News |date=11 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34142695 |title=Canada denies Alan Kurdi's family applied for asylum |publisher=BBC News |date=3 September 2015}}{{Cite web

|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/world/inside-the-tragedy-that-woke-up-the-world/|title=The Boy Who Changed Everything|website=Maclean's|date=13 September 2015 |access-date=25 February 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/31/alan-kurdi-death-canada-refugee-policy-syria-boy-beach-turkey-photo|title=Stories of 2015: how Alan Kurdi's death changed the world|last1=Kingsley|first1=Patrick|date=31 December 2015|last2=Timur|first2=Safak|newspaper=The Guardian|issn=0261-3077|access-date=25 February 2016}}

In the same year in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt, the Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) was launched to better coordinate humanitarian help between UNHCR, governments and NGOs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabstates.undp.org/content/rbas/en/home/ourwork/SyriaCrisis/projects/3rp.html|title=3RP: Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan|publisher=United Nations Development Programme in the Arab States|access-date=28 May 2017}} In 2016, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey negotiated multi-year agreements with international donors that provided material support, namely the Jordan Compact, the Lebanon Compact, and the EU-Turkey Statement, respectively.{{Cite journal|last=Tsourapas|first=Gerasimos|title=The Syrian Refugee Crisis and Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey|journal=Journal of Global Security Studies|volume=4|issue=4|pages=464–481|doi=10.1093/jogss/ogz016|year=2019|doi-access=free}} The countries hosting the largest numbers of refugees also introduced a number of restrictions on new arrivals. Lebanon stopped new registrations and allows refugees to enter the country only in extreme circumstances.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30657003|title=Syrians entering Lebanon face new restrictions|date=5 January 2015|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 May 2017}} Jordan sealed its border with Syria during most of 2016, because of security concerns over ISIL control, according to government officials.{{cite news|title=Jordanian Chief of Staff Lieutenant Mahmoud Freihat: ISIS Controls Syrian Refugee Camps Near Jordanian Border|url=https://www.memri.org/tv/jordanian-chief-staff-lieut-gen-mahmoud-freihat-isis-controls-syrian-refugee-camps-near-jordanian/transcript|publisher=MEMRI|date=January 2017|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404015707/https://www.memri.org/tv/jordanian-chief-staff-lieut-gen-mahmoud-freihat-isis-controls-syrian-refugee-camps-near-jordanian/transcript|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://jordantimes.com/news/local/6-troops-killed-14-injured-car-bomb-attack-syria-border?platform=hootsuite|access-date=21 June 2016|date=21 June 2016|work=The Jordan Times|title=6 troops killed, 14 injured in car bomb attack on Syria border}} Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International criticized Jordanian authorities for not allowing refugees in and suspending aid to the informal encampents reported on the border.{{cite news|title=Jordan: New Satellite Images of Syrians Stranded at Border|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/09/07/jordan-new-satellite-images-syrians-stranded-border|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=Human Rights Watch|date=7 September 2016}}{{cite news|title=Syria-Jordan border: 75,000 refugees trapped in desert no man's land in dire conditions|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/09/syria-jordan-border-75000-refugees-trapped-in-desert-no-mans-land-in-dire-conditions/|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=Amnesty International|date=15 September 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Rainey|first1=Venetia|title=Dire conditions for Syrian refugees on Jordan's border|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/dire-conditions-syrian-refugees-jordan-border-161102100008396.html|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=24 December 2016}} Reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International emerged in 2016 that Turkish border guards routinely shoot at Syrian refugees trying to reach Turkey,{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-foreign-ministry-rejects-claims-of-killings-on-syrian-border.aspx?pageID=238&nID=100689&NewsCatID=341|title=Turkish Foreign Ministry rejects claims of killings on Syrian border|work=Hürriyet Daily News}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-denies-using-force-against-syrian-refugees-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99053&NewsCatID=339|title=Turkey denies using force against Syrian refugees |work=Hürriyet Daily News}} also, Turkey has forcibly returned thousands of Syrian refugees to war zone since mid-January 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} The Turkish Foreign Ministry and President Erdoğan denied it.

In 2017, while the conflict in Syria and the reasons for displacement continue, few Syrians are able to leave it, due to more restrictive border management by neighboring countries.{{cite report|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|author-link=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|date=December 2016|title=Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) – Regional Strategic Overview|url=http://www.3rpsyriacrisis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3RP-Regional-Strategic-Overview-2017-2018.pdf|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=15 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215151424/http://www.3rpsyriacrisis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/3RP-Regional-Strategic-Overview-2017-2018.pdf|url-status=dead}} In the first half of 2017, an estimated 11 million displacements were recorded{{citation|title=Update on Durable Solutions for Syrian Refugees |url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=13878 |date=7 August 2017| access-date=13 August 2017| publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees}} and around 250,000 more refugees have been registered in neighboring countries,{{Cite web|url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria|title=Syria Regional Refugee Response|date=4 July 2019|website=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|access-date=18 July 2019}} however it is hard to estimate how many of them crossed the border recently. In the same period, an estimated 50,000 first time asylum applications have been made by Syrians in Europe, and around 100,000 new third country resettlements are planned for 2017.{{cite web |title=So, your country isn't keen to resettle refugees. Are you? |url=http://www.refworld.org/docid/5948ef1c4.html |date=19 June 2017 |agency=IRIN |access-date=13 August 2017}} The outcome of the Civil war in Syria, that saw the overthrow of the Assad regime, caused many countries to reevaluate their policy regarding Syrian refugees, at least until the situation in Syria is clarified.{{Cite web |title=Syrian asylum seekers in limbo as countries halt applications |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnv3qnzz7rjo |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.bbc.com |date=9 December 2024 |language=en-GB}}

As of mid-2017, an estimated 260,000 refugees returned to Syria since 2015 and more than 440,000 internally displaced persons returned to their homes, to search for family, check on property and, in some cases, due to improved security in parts of the country.{{cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing/2017/6/595612454/unhcr-seeing-significant-returns-internally-displaced-amid-syrias-continuing.html|title=UNHCR seeing significant returns of internally displaced amid Syria's continuing conflict|publisher=UNHRC|date=30 June 2017|access-date=30 June 2017}}{{cite news|title=Over 600,000 Displaced Syrians Returned Home in First 7 Months of 2017 |url=https://www.iom.int/news/over-600000-displaced-syrians-returned-home-first-7-months-2017 |publisher=IOM |date=11 August 2017 |access-date=13 August 2017}} The Syrian foreign minister called on the country's refugees to return home.{{cite web|title=Syrian FM calls on refugees to return home|url=https://news.yahoo.com/syrian-fm-calls-refugees-return-home-135916216.html|publisher=Yahoo! News|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=30 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=Al-Moallem to Filippo Grandi: The government committed to providing needs to people and refugees|url=http://sana.sy/en/?p=67115|publisher=Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)|access-date=3 February 2017|date=21 January 2017}} Nevertheless, the UNHCR stated that conditions in Syria are still unsafe and destitute, improvements in many areas are uncertain and many basic services are absent; access of aid convoys is also a challenge. As of 2019, only 5% of Syrians in Lebanon reported intending to return to Syria within the next 12 months, although a majority (roughly two-thirds), expected to return to Syria someday.{{Cite journal |last1=Alrababah |first1=Ala |last2=Masterson |first2=Daniel |last3=Casalis |first3=Marine |last4=Hangartner |first4=Dominik |last5=Weinstein |first5=Jeremy |date=October 2023 |title=The Dynamics of Refugee Return: Syrian Refugees and Their Migration Intentions |journal=British Journal of Political Science|volume=53 |issue=4 |pages=1108–1131 |doi=10.1017/S0007123422000667 |s2cid=229260106 |issn=0007-1234|doi-access=free |hdl=20.500.11850/604149 |hdl-access=free }} Less than a half of the returnees have access to water or health services, due to extremely damaged infrastructure. An estimated 10 per cent ended up as internally displaced persons once again.

Human Rights Watch report published in October 2021 has stated that refugees who went back to Syria by their own choice suffered "grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of Syrian government and affiliated militias, including torture, extra-judicial killings, and kidnappings."{{Cite web |date=20 October 2021 |title="Our Lives Are Like Death": Syrian Refugee Returns from Lebanon and Jordan |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/10/20/our-lives-are-death/syrian-refugee-returns-lebanon-and-jordan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020060022/https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/10/20/our-lives-are-death/syrian-refugee-returns-lebanon-and-jordan |archive-date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Human Rights Watch}}{{Cite web |date=20 October 2021 |title=Syria: Returning Refugees Face Grave Abuse |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/20/syria-returning-refugees-face-grave-abuse |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020042042/https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/20/syria-returning-refugees-face-grave-abuse |archive-date=20 October 2021 |publisher=Human Rights Watch}}

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The vast majority of refugees live below the poverty line (e.g. in 2016 in Lebanon most households were below $85 monthly per capita;{{cite web|title=Vulnerability Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, 2016 |url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=12482 |publisher=UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP |date=16 December 2016 |access-date=13 August 2017}} in southeast Turkey, 90% were below $100 and 70% below $50 monthly per capita{{cite web|title=MEB/SMEB Calculation for Syrians Living in Turkey – 2016 |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/57031 |author=Christina Hobbs |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |date=September 2016| access-date=13 August 2017}}). Average monthly per capita expenditures were estimated in 2015–2016 at $104 in Lebanon and $55 in south-east Turkey. Underemployment and low wages are widespread. Many rely on less sustainable sources, food vouchers, taking credits or borrowing money mostly from friends and relatives, less frequently from shops and rarely from landlords (e.g., in Lebanon 90% households were in debt, $850 in average; in south-east Turkey more than half are in debt, a few hundred dollars on average). Because of this, refugees face difficulties accessing services and providing food, housing, healthcare and other basic needs for their families. Most refugees receive refugee-related information through SMS (e.g. 91% of registered households in Lebanon) and many use smartphones (in Lebanon, two thirds of households reported using WhatsApp).

In January 2019, the UN said that 15 displaced Syrian children, 13 of them under one year old, had died due to cold weather and inadequate medical care. In addition, several days of strong winds, heavy rain and snow and subsequent flooding caused the death of at least one child, as well as damage at more than 360 sites hosting 11,300 refugees in Lebanon. In Syria, families fleeing the conflict in Hajin had been left waiting in the cold for days without shelter or basic supplies. They are resettled to the refugee camps.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46880566|title=Syria war: Displaced babies die due to freezing weather|publisher=BBC News|access-date=16 January 2019|date=15 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115173755/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46880566|archive-date=15 January 2019}} In January 2021, 22,000 people lost their temporary homes as heavy rains, flooding, and snow destroyed over 4,000 tents at displacement camps in northern Idlib and western Aleppo.{{cite web |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/syrian-arab-republic/nearly-10-years-conflict-tens-thousands-syrians-run-due-floods |title=Nearly 10 Years into Conflict: Tens of thousands of Syrians on the run due to floods |website=reliefweb.int |date=25 January 2021 }}

Refugees live primarily within hosting communities, in rented houses or informal settlements of tents and sub-standard dwellings. Only about 10% live in formal camps. In Lebanon, 85% pay rent, 71% live in residential building (regular apartments or in the micro-apartments designed for the building doorman/superintendent), 12% in non-residential structures (worksites, garages, shops), and 17% in informal tented settlements; a quarter of homes are overcrowded (less than 4.5 square meters per person). In southern Turkey, 96% of the refugees living outside of camps pay rent, 62% live in rented apartments, 28% in unfinished buildings or garages, 1% in tents.{{cite web|title=Food Security Report, Off-Camp Syrian Refugees in Turkey |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/54523 |date=April 2016|access-date=13 August 2017| publisher=WFP}} Refugees are commonly charged a higher rate compared to local people, especially for sub-standard conditions (in 2016, in Lebanon, a monthly average ranging from $53 for keeping tents on land to $250 for a non-shared apartment or house; in south east Turkey, roughly $250 for dwellings meeting SPHERE standards, excluding water and electricity costs). In Lebanon, many households face water shortages and a quarter of dwellings were in notably poor condition.

Few refugees have residency permits in Lebanon, mainly due to their cost, creating difficulties at checkpoints when moving in search for jobs.

Earning opportunities for refugees are predominantly informal, principally due to governments issuing few working permits. Barriers include quotas, fees, long and cumbersome paperwork, and discrimination by employers. In Turkey, even after reforms opening the labor market in January 2016, the number of refugees in a single workplace cannot exceed 10%; employers pay work permit fees of 600 TL ($180) every year; while there is an exemption for seasonal work, it requires a separate application and still requires being registered for at least 6 months.{{cite web|title=Syrian Nationals Working in Turkish Supply Chains: FAQ on Work Permits for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, Turkey |url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=12085 |author=Foreign Trade Association |date=February 2017 |access-date=13 August 2017}} By late 2015 at most several thousand permits have been issued, refugees are thus overwhelmingly employed informally.{{cite web|title=Impact of Syrian Refugees on Turkey Labour Market |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/54522 |date=August 2015 |access-date=13 August 2017|publisher=World Bank}} Jobs are often seasonal and employment rates differ widely between winter and summer. In May 2016 in Lebanon, 36% working-age individuals (70% men, 7% women) reported working (for at least one day in the 30 days prior to a survey). Among them underemployment was widespread (working 14 days a month on average) and wages were low (on average $215 for working men and $115 for working women). The structure of employment was 33% construction, 22% agriculture, 26% services, 6% retail/shops, 6% cleaning.

Some Syrian refugees have resorted to prostitution as a means of survival, particularly among women and girls.{{cite book|last1=Sadiki|first1=Larbi|title=Routledge Handbook of the Arab Spring: Rethinking Democratization|date=2014|page=273}}{{cite book|last1=Schwarzer|first1=Beatrix|title=Transnational Social Work and Social Welfare|date=2016 |page=112}} There is increasing concern about the exploitation of female refugees.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/syria-women-rape-marriage-refugee-camp-jordan|title=Rape and sham marriages: the fears of Syria's women refugees|work=Channel 4 News|date=28 March 2013|access-date=19 February 2015}}

The UNHCR has a policy of helping refugees work and be productive, using their existing skills to meet their own needs and needs of the host country:

: Ensure the right of refugees to access work and other livelihood opportunities as they are available for nationals... Match programme interventions with corresponding levels of livelihood capacity (existing livelihood assets such as skills and past work experience) and needs identified in the refugee population, and the demands of the market... Assist refugees in becoming self-reliant. Cash/ food/rental assistance delivered through humanitarian agencies should be short-term and conditional and gradually lead to self-reliance activities as part of a longer-term development... Convene internal and external stakeholders around the results of livelihood assessments to jointly identify livelihood support opportunities.{{cite web|title=Promoting Livelihoods and Self-reliance|url=http://www.unhcr.org/4eeb19f49.pdf|publisher=UNHCR, 2011|access-date=9 August 2013}}

In 2018, Syrian government issued the controversial Law no. 10, in which they could expropriate areas and properties of Syrians displaced by the war.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-germany-insight-idUSKBN1JA1V1 |title=Assad's property law hits hope of return for Syrians in Germany |work=Reuters|date=14 June 2018 }} In December 2020, news emerged that the regime was auctioning off lands of the displaced people to Assad loyalists and that this was being managed by the regime's security apparatus. These policies are intended as a "punishment" for citizens who are not being loyal enough to the regime.{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201230-syria-s-regime-auctions-off-land-of-the-displaced |title=Syria's regime auctions off land of the displaced |publisher=France 24 |date=30 December 2020 }}

{{main|Mobile learning for refugees}}

Refugees need to adjust to new and changing environments, especially before or during transition and upon arrival.{{Cite journal |last=Masterson |first=Daniel |date=2023-11-13 |title=Refugee Networks, Cooperation, and Resource Access |journal=American Political Science Review|volume=118 |issue=3 |pages=1398–1414 |doi=10.1017/S0003055423001107 |s2cid=265166480 |issn=0003-0554|doi-access=free }} Mobile phones play a key role by supporting refugees in their informal learning and problem-solving processes. The Syrian crisis sparked the development of numerous refugee apps, ranging from general catch-all apps to specific apps that focus on distinct domains such as accommodation, health or authorities.{{Cite book|last=UNESCO|url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000261278|title=A Lifeline to learning: leveraging mobile technology to support education for refugees|publisher=UNESCO|year=2018|isbn=978-92-3-100262-5}}

Refugees tend to use their mobile devices and mobile social media to address informational and educational needs after their flight in relatively informal and unstructured ways. Studies from different contexts have documented how refugees use digital tools for manifold practical and instrumental tasks among themselves as well as with third parties in day-to-day situations or in emergencies. For example, a study on Syrian refugees in rural Lebanese camps describes women maintaining WhatsApp groups to coordinate issues such as transport with their neighbours.{{Cite journal|last1=Talhouk|first1=R.|last2=Mesmar|first2=S.|last3=Thieme|first3=A.|last4=Balaam|first4=M.|last5=Olivier|first5=P.|last6=Akik|first6=C.|last7=Ghattas|first7=H.|year=2016|title=Syrian refugees and digital health in Lebanon: opportunities for improving antenatal health|journal=CHI '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems|pages=336}}

Studies show that refugees use their cell phones to connect with local volunteers, for example via Facebook groups,{{Cite news|last=Ritscher, A|date=27 July 2016|title=Mehr als blosser Klicktivismus [More than mere clicktivisim]|url=http://www.derbund.ch/digital/social-media/Mehr-als-blosser-Klicktivismus/story/31473105|journal=Der Bund}} for all sorts of practical guidance.{{Cite journal|last1=Gillespie|first1=M.|last2=Ampofo|first2=L.|last3=Cheesman|first3=M.|last4=Faith|first4=B.|last5=Iliadou|first5=E.|last6=Issa|first6=A.|last7=Osseiran|first7=S.|last8=Skleparis|first8=D|year=2016|title=Mapping Refugee Media Journeys: Smartphones and Social Media Networks|journal=Milton Keynes, UK/ Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, Open University/France Médias Monde|pages=50}} Also in integration contexts, as in flight settings, mobile technology plays an essential role in obtaining assistance in emergencies, including access to medical or police services.{{Cite journal|last1=Bacishoga|first1=K. B.|last2=Johnston|first2=K. A|year=2013|title=Impact of mobile phones on integration: the case of refugees in South Africa.|journal=The Journal of Community Informatics|volume=9| issue = 4}}{{Cite journal|last1=Walker|first1=R.|last2=Koh|first2=L.|last3=Wollersheim|first3=D.|last4=Liamputtong|first4=P.|year=2015|title=Social connectedness and mobile phone use among refugee women in Australia|journal=Health and Social Care in the Community|volume=23|issue=3|pages=325–36|doi=10.1111/hsc.12155|pmid=25427751|doi-access=free}}

Social media have been widely adopted in the settings of the Syrian refugee crisis. Studies show, for example, that Syrians in Turkey access Facebook to obtain information on all types of integration issues, ranging from administration, jobs and housing to dining and events.{{Cite journal|last=Lepeska|first=D|date=Spring 2016|title=Refugees and the technology of exile|url=http://wilsonquarterly.com/quarterly/looking-back-moving-forward/refugees-and-the-technology-of-exile|journal=The Wilson Quarterly}}

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As of 18 December 2019, a diplomatic dispute is occurring at the UN over re-authorization of cross-border aid for refugees. China and Russia are opposing the current draft resolution that seeks to re-authorize crossing points in Turkey, Iraq, and Jordan; China and Russia, as allies of Assad, seek to close the two crossing points in Iraq and Jordan, and to leave only the two crossing points in Turkey active.{{Cite web |title=Clash at UN Security Council over cross-border aid for Syria |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/19/clash-at-un-security-council-over-cross-border-aid-for-syria |access-date=2023-07-05 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}

All of the ten individuals representing the non-permanent members of the Security Council stood in the corridor outside of the chamber speaking to the press to state that all four crossing points are crucial and must be renewed.

United Nations official Mark Lowcock is asking the UN to re-authorize cross-border aid to enable aid to continue to reach refugees in Syria. He says there is no other way to deliver the aid that is needed. He noted that four million refugees out of the over eleven million refugees who need assistance are being reached through four specific international crossing points. Lowcock serves as the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator and the Head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. [https://www.voanews.com/a/middle-east_un-ability-get-lifesaving-aid-4-million-syrians-risk/6181303.html UN: Ability to Get Lifesaving Aid to 4 Million Syrians at Risk] By Margaret Besheer, 18 December 2019.

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Edit: the map above is mildly outdated as registered Syrian refugee population in Turkey exceeds 3.5 million as of 2020

The Regional Refugee and Resilience Plan (3RP) is a coordination effort between Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq (countries neighboring Syria), Egypt, and United Nations agencies with NGOs including UNHCR and 240 partners.{{cite web|url=http://www.3rpsyriacrisis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/3RP-Interagency-Key-Messages.pdf|title=3RP Key Messages|date=March 2017|access-date=12 August 2017|archive-date=9 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009210127/http://www.3rpsyriacrisis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/3RP-Interagency-Key-Messages.pdf|url-status=dead}} It describes itself as "a strategy document, coordination platform, advocacy tool, and funding appeal". The 3RP has been initiated at the break of 2015/2016, replacing the former inter-agency Regional Response Plan and coordinating response plans of each country, with national leadership and ownership as a foundational principle, to use in-country systems effectively and avoid creating parallel ones. It publishes strategic overviews and broad reports on the situation in constituent countries, describing in particular humanitarian efforts outside of Syria. These are directed at food and assistance, safe water access, formal education for children, primary health care consultations, shelter assistance, and access to wage employment. According to the 3RP, funding is not keeping up with needs of the region: only 6 percent of the 2017 Plan has been funded in the first three months, while the 2016 Plan has been funded at 63 percent. The 3RP also called for support including commitments to resettlement.

In the region, refugees predominantly live in urban, peri-urban and rural areas, while only about 10 percent live in camps. The majority live below the poverty line. Hosting countries face overburdened infrastructure, both public (e.g., water, health, roads) and private (e.g., housing), as well as severe disruption of exports through Syria.

{{See also|Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Lebanon|Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan|Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Egypt|Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Turkey}}

{{flag|Egypt}} – Egypt, which does not border Syria, became a major destination for Syrian refugees after 2012, following the election of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. During Morsi's presidential term, there were an estimated between 70,000 and 100,000 Syrian refugees living in the country. Morsi's government tried to support Syrian refugees by offering residency permits, assistance with finding employment, allowing Syrian refugee children to register in state schools, and access to other public services.

Following the events relating to the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, Syrian refugees were met with hostility by Egyptians, who accused them of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, since the group has close relations with the Syrian opposition and the Free Syrian Army.{{cite web|last1=Kenner|first1=David|title=Latest victims of Egypt's coup: 70,000 Syrian refugees|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/07/11/latest-victims-of-egypts-coup-70000-syrian-refugees/|work=Foreign Policy|date=11 July 2013 |access-date=28 January 2017}}{{cite news|title=Syrian refugees find hostility in Egypt|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/syrian-refugees-find-hostility-in-egypt/2013/09/07/fc54b832-17cc-11e3-961c-f22d3aaf19ab_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=28 January 2017}}

The interim government also tightened visa restrictions for Syrian citizens, requiring them to obtain a visa and a security clearance issuance before entering Egypt. Following these measures, at least 476 Syrians were denied entry or deported from Egypt. A number of flights carrying Syrians have been turned back from airports in Egypt to where their flight originated, including Damascus and Latakia, Syria.{{cite web|title=Egypt imposes new visa rules on Syrians|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/egypt-imposes-new-visa-rules-on-syrians|publisher=Fox News|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=9 July 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.unhcr.org/51f242c59.html|title=Egypt: UNHCR concerned over detention of Syrian refugees amid anti-Syrian sentiment|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees }} Following the post-coup unrest in Egypt, many Syrians have also made decisions to leave Egypt and settle in Europe instead.

However, a study by the Egyptian foreign affairs ministry has estimated that the country has hosted around 500,000 Syrian refugees since the start of the conflict.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has also said that his country received around 500,000 Syrian refugees without "media shows". President al-Sisi has said that his government does not abuse refugees, adding that many international organizations stopped receiving refugees, causing an increase in the numbers and that his government still receives refugees despite Egypt facing an economic crisis.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2015/09/13/500000-syrian-refugees-were-received-in-egypt-al-sisi/|title=500,000 Syrian refugees were received in Egypt: Al-Sisi|date=13 September 2015}}

In May 2017, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) reported that Syrian refugees have contributed US$800 million to the Egyptian economy since the start of the civil war.{{cite web|title=Syrian refugees have contributed $800 mln to Egyptian economy since 2011: UN report |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/268891/Egypt/Politics-/Syrian-refugees-have-contributed--mln-to-Egyptian-.aspx|work=Ahram Online|access-date=20 June 2017}}

In November 2017, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi issued a decree approving a $15 million grant to support Syrian refugees in Egypt.{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/sisi-approves-15-million-grant-for-syrian-refugees/|title=Sisi approves $15 million grant for Syrian refugees |work=Egypt Independent|date=23 November 2017}}

As of August 2019, Egypt hosts 130,371 Syrian refugees, compared to 114,911 in August 2016 and 122,213 in August 2017.{{Cite web|title=Situation Syria Regional Refugee Response|url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria/location/1|access-date=2021-05-02|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees}}

{{flag|Jordan}} – As of June 2015, there were 628,427 registered Syrian refugees in Jordan.{{cite web|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107|title=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response/ Jordan|date=18 March 2015|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=22 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922075121/http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=107|url-status=dead}} However, a Jordanian census carried out in November 2015 showed that there are 1.4 million Syrian refugees residing in the country, meaning that more than 50% of Syrian refugees in Jordan are unregistered.{{Cite web|date=2016-01-30|title=Population stands at around 9.5 million, including 2.9 million guests|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/population-stands-around-95-million-including-29-million-guests|access-date=2021-05-02|website=The Jordan Times}} A 2016 report by the World Bank revealed that the Syrian refugee influx to Jordan has cost the kingdom more than $2.5 billion a year, which amounts to about 6% of Jordan's GDP, and about a quarter of the government's annual revenues. Promised international aid has fallen several hundreds of millions of dollars short of the total cost. This has caused the kingdom's public debt to swell to 95% of its GDP in 2016, and has severely crippled the growth of its economy.{{cite news|url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/syrian-refugees-cost-kingdom-25-billion-year-%E2%80%94-report|title=Syrian refugees cost Kingdom $2.5 billion a year – report|access-date=8 April 2016|date=6 February 2016|work=The Jordan Times}} The majority of the refugees in Jordan live in the local communities rather than refugee camps, which had added a large strain on the country's infrastructure, particularly towns in northern Jordan adjacent to the Syrian border.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/world/middleeast/jordan-syria-refugees.html|title=Jordan Struggles Under a Wave of Syrian Refugees|access-date=8 April 2016|date=14 February 2016|work=The New York Times}}

{{flag|Lebanon}} – As of October 2016, Lebanon hosted 1.5 million Syrian refugees according to Lebanese government estimates, while as of July 2019, the number of officially registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon dropped to less than 1 million, according to official accounts of the UNHCR's Syria Regional Refugee Response,{{cite web|title=Total Registered Syrian Refugees, July 2019 |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria?id=122 |publisher=UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP |date=4 July 2019 |access-date=1 August 2019}} half of them children (below 18 years old), along with 31,502 Palestine Refugees from Syria, 35,000 Lebanese returnees, and a pre-existing population of more than 277,985 Palestine Refugees.{{cite web|title=Lebanon Crisis Response Plan 2017–2020 |url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/download.php?id=12698 |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |date=January 2017 |access-date=13 August 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=122|title=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|website=UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response|access-date=14 May 2016|archive-date=22 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922071434/http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=122|url-status=dead}}{{Cite journal|date=25 March 2016|title=Increasing Vulnerability Among Syrian Refugees|url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/working_group.php?Page=Country&LocationId=122&Id=22|journal=Shelter Working Group-Lebanon|access-date=14 May 2016}}

They constitute in total 30% of the Lebanese population (estimated at 5.9 million), or 25% for the Syrian refugees alone, making Lebanon the country with the highest number of refugees per inhabitant. The Lebanese government chose not to establish camps for people fleeing the civil war in Lebanon, and thus they have settled throughout country. While most of them rent their accommodations in around 1,700 locations countrywide,{{cite news|title=Humanity, hope and thoughts of home: Syrian refugees in southern Lebanon|url=http://www.unhcr.org/54ede4b16.html|publisher=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|access-date=11 August 2015}} nearly a fifth (18%) live in non-formal settlements—mostly concentrated in border governorates. Because the government of Lebanon has increasingly made it difficult for refugees from Syria to renew their residency permits,{{Cite journal|date=September 2015|title=Life in Limbo: Lebanon as a Microcosm of a Global Refugee Crisis|url=http://euromedmonitor.org/uploads/reports/LifeInLimbo_en.pdf|journal=Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor |access-date=14 May 2016}} the number of households in which all members are legally in the country has dropped from 58% in 2014 to 29% in 2015. Refugee households living below the poverty line increased from 49% in 2014 to 70% in 2015. Families survive by borrowing money whenever they can. The percentage of refugee households with debt jumped from 70% in 2013 to 89% in 2015. Despite their struggling status, the Lebanese Forces Party, the Kataeb Party and the Free Patriotic Movement fear the country's sectarian-based political system is being undermined.{{cite journal|last=Kverme|first=Kai|title=The Refugee Factor|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/02/14/refugee-factor/fgl0|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192335/http://carnegieendowment.org/2013/02/14/refugee-factor/fgl0|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 October 2013|publisher= Carnegie Middle East Center|journal=Sada |access-date=14 February 2013|date=14 February 2013}}

Tensions rose in Lebanon when the army raided refugee sites in Arsal in 2014. The Muslim Scholars Committee condemns what it calls human rights abuses saying 'the collective punishment of Syrian refugees cannot be justified," and calling for a 'transparent and impartial investigation of the violations, from the burning of camps to the torturing of detainees in Arsal.daily star 25 September 2014,[http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-25/271928-lebanese-army-kills-suspect-in-attack-on-syrian-refugee-camp.ashx] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103935/http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Sep-25/271928-lebanese-army-kills-suspect-in-attack-on-syrian-refugee-camp.ashx|date=2 February 2016}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CukdN5YDnM8 arsal YouTube]

{{flag|Iraq}} – As of December 2019, Iraq hosts 245,810 Syrian refugees, primarily in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and 1.4 million internally displaced Iraqis.{{Cite web|url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/71073|title=UNHCR Iraq Factsheet, August 2019|date=31 July 2019|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|access-date=9 September 2019}} This is compared to February 2016, when it hosted 245,543 Syrians and 3.2 million internally displaced Iraqis.{{Cite web|title=Situation Syria Regional Refugee Response|url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria/location/5|access-date=2021-05-02|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|archive-date=2 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302192733/http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=103|url-status=dead}} Several refugee camps exist in northern Iraq. The government in Iraqi Kurdistan is currently hosting Syrian refugees that are ethnic Kurds.{{cite magazine|url=https://newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/09/the-fight-for-kurdistan.html|title=The Fight for Kurdistan|author=Jenna Krajeski|date=22 September 2012|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=11 June 2015}} While many Kurdish Syrian refugees live in camps, a significant number of them have moved to urban areas and cities of Kurdistan Region.

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{{flag|Turkey}} – As of September 2019, Turkey hosts 3.66 million registered Syrian refugees, compared to 2.73 million in September 2016.{{Cite web|title=Situation Syria Regional Refugee Response|url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria/location/113|access-date=2021-05-02|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees}} About 30% live in 22 government-run camps near the Syrian border.{{cite web|url=http://syrianrefugees.eu/?page_id=80|title=Turkey – Syrian Refugees|access-date=11 June 2015|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150312005943/http://syrianrefugees.eu/?page_id=80|archive-date=12 March 2015}} Turkey is home to the highest number of Syrian refugees and has provided over $8,000,000,000 in aid. Financial aid from other countries has been limited, though €3,200,000,000 was promised by the EU in November 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/world/europe/eu-offers-turkey-3-billion-euros-to-stem-migrant-flow.html|title=Turkey, EU agree 3-billion-euro aid deal to stem migrant crisis |last=Kanter |first=James |date=29 November 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2016}} The promise is still not fulfilled.{{When|date=August 2017}} Turkey's response to the refugee crisis is different from most other countries. As a World Bank report noted: It is a non-camp and government financed approach, as opposed to directing refugees into camps that rely on humanitarian aid agencies for support.{{Cite news|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/turkey/publication/turkeys-response-to-the-syrian-refugee-crisis-and-the-road-ahead|title=Turkey's Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis and the Road Ahead|publisher=World Bank|access-date=28 May 2017}}

Under Turkish law, Syrian refugees cannot apply for resettlement but only temporary protection status. Registering for temporary protection status gives access to state services such as health and education, as well as the right to apply for a work permit in certain geographic areas and professions. Over a third of urban refugees are not registered. Currently, 30% of Syrian refugee children have access to education, 4,000 businesses have been opened, and several Syrian refugee camps have grown into small towns with amenities from healthcare to barber shops. Over 13 million Syrians received aid from the Turkish Aid Agency (AFAD). Turkey has spent more than any other country on Syrian refugee aid, and has also been subject to criticism for opening refugee camps on the Syrian side of the border.{{cite web|title=Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Long Road Ahead|date=21 April 2015|url=http://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/syrian-refugees-turkey-long-road-ahead|publisher=Migration Policy Institute|access-date=3 May 2015}} Assyrian Christians have been allowed to return to their historic homeland in Tur Abdin, Turkey.{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141229-syriac-christians-refugees-midyat-turkey/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229215711/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141229-syriac-christians-refugees-midyat-turkey/|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2014|title=Middle Eastern Christians Flee Violence for Ancient Homeland}} Up to 300,000 Syrian refugees living in Turkey could be given citizenship under a plan to keep wealthy and educated Syrians in the country.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/world/2016/07/09/Up-to-300000-Syrians-could-get-Turkish-citizenship-report|title=Up to 300,000 Syrians could get Turkish citizenship: report|agency=Agence France-Presse}} A study which was supported by the Istanbul University Scientific Research Projects unit and conducted by academics from a number of universities, revealed that the vast majority of Syrians in Turkey are employed in unregistered work for significantly lower wages compared to their Turkish counterparts.{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/majority-of-syrians-in-turkey-employed-in-unregistered-work-for-lower-wages-survey.aspx?pageID=238&nID=115198&NewsCatID=347|title=Majority of Syrians in Turkey employed in unregistered work for lower wages: Survey – LABOR|website=Hürriyet Daily News |date=6 July 2017 |access-date=25 October 2017}}

Human rights groups have repeatedly denounced Turkish troops for shooting at civilians attempting to cross the border since early 2016. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a total of 163 refugees, including 15 women and 31 children, were allegedly killed as of August 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-soldiers-syria-refugees-video-beatings-abuse-turkish-army-a7876306.html |title=Turkish soldiers arrested after video shows horrific beatings and abuse of Syrian refugees |date=4 August 2017 |access-date=12 August 2017 |work=The Independent}} Physical abuse and public humiliating by soldiers has also been reported. Similar accusations were made by Human Rights Watch,{{cite news|title=Turkey: Border Guards Kill and Injure Asylum Seekers |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/10/turkey-border-guards-kill-and-injure-asylum-seekers |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=Human Rights Watch}} the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces,{{cite news|title=Syrian forces advance on IS-held air base|url=https://apnews.com/2f834ca0edea4fd284cd8cff8c9e5063/activists-say-8-syrians-killed-trying-cross-turkey |date=19 June 2016|access-date=12 August 2017|work=Associated Press News}} and Amnesty International,{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} which also claims Turkey has forcibly returned thousands of Syrian refugees to war zone since January 2016.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Turkish authorities deny the claims, but arrested several soldiers in August 2017 after a video surfaced of them abusing of a few young Syrian men trying to illegally cross the border into the country.

On 18 May 2016, lawmakers from the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) have said that Turkey should not use Syrian refugees as a bribe for the process of visa liberalization for Turkish citizens inside the European Union.{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/syrian-refugees-should-not-be-used-as-bribe-for-visa-free-travel-says-ep-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99401&NewsCatID=351|title=Syrian refugees should not be used as bribe for visa-free travel, says EP|website=Hürriyet Daily News}}

A factory producing fake lifejackets, made for migrants wanting to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece, was discovered in Turkey. Police seized more than 1,200 fake lifejackets from the factory at İzmir, and arrested four workers including two young Syrian girls. The raid came in the same week that the bodies of more than 30 people washed up on Turkish beaches, having drowned in their attempt to reach Greece. After the agreement of a multibillion-euro deal between the EU and Turkey, Turkish police increased their operations against people involved in the wider smuggling business.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35241813|title=Migrant crisis: Turkey police seize fake life jackets|publisher=BBC|date=6 January 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/refugee-crisis-turkish-police-find-factory-making-fake-lifejackets-izmir|title=Turkish police find factory making fake lifejackets in Izmir |work=The Guardian|date=January 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12086154/1000-fake-life-jackets-seized-from-Turkish-workshop.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/12086154/1000-fake-life-jackets-seized-from-Turkish-workshop.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=1000 fake life jackets seized' from Turkish workshop |work=The Daily Telegraph|date=January 2016}}{{cbignore}}

On 3 June 2016, a Turkish cleaner, Mahmutcan Ateş, working at the Nizip Camp in Gaziantep, Turkey, was sentenced to 108 years imprisonment for sexually abusing Syrian boys. He did not deny the charges, but said many employees and managers in the camps were involved. He also admitted that he paid the children around 2–5 Turkish lira ($0.70–$1.70) before assaulting them in the toilets, the victims were between ages 8 to 12.{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-man-sentenced-to-108-years-in-jail-for-sexually-abusing-refugee-boys.aspx?pageID=238&nID=100084&NewsCatID=509|title=Turkish man sentenced to 108 years in jail for sexually abusing refugee boys|website=Hürriyet Daily News}}

With continuous refugees fleeing into their country, by 2018 Turkey has been reported in hosting 63.4% of all the refugees in the world. This left Turkey with 3,564,919 registered refugees in total.{{cite web |title=Total Persons of Concern by Country of Asylum |url=https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/syria# |website=data2 |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |access-date=24 September 2018}} However compared  to the increase in refugees, benefits towards them weren't increased as much as only 712,218 were given residency permits only 56,024 work permits were given to the Syrians by 2017.{{cite web |last1=cagaptay |first1=Soner |title=Syrian Refugees in Turkey |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/syrian-refugees-in-turkey |publisher=The Washington Institute for Near East Policy |access-date=22 August 2018}} Although Turkey tries to keep its promise in taking good care of the refugees, the dramatic wave in Syrian refugees as a whole affected and continues to affect the Turkish economy and society. Turkey continues to support the refugees by building around 28 shelters for the victims of human trafficking, however outside the camps, only 24% of Syrian children have access to education, work permits are still highly restricted, lack of systematic social benefits are becoming worse, and even border control has become more strict. Although 90% of the Syrian refugees in Turkey live outside the camps and inside the citites, and although Turkey holds the highest population rate in refugees as a whole, Turkey continues to struggle with the amount of responsibility they hold of the 3.5 million refugees.

{{flag|Armenia}} – The government is offering several protection options including simplified naturalization by Armenian descent (19,500 persons acquired Armenian citizenship), accelerated asylum-procedures and facilitated short, mid and long-term residence permits.{{cite web|url=http://www.un.am/en/agency/UNHCR|title=UN in Armenia :: UNHCR|work=Un.am|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923060311/http://www.un.am/en/agency/UNHCR|url-status=dead}} Ethnic Armenians in Syria have been fleeing to their historic Armenia homelands.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34210854|title=Syria's Armenians look to ancient homeland for safety|date=10 September 2015|publisher=BBC News}}{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/07/syrians-displaced-armenia-origin-situation.html|title=Syrian refugees in Armenia 'stumble from one crisis to another' – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East|work=Al-Monitor|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208144249/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/07/syrians-displaced-armenia-origin-situation.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2015/4/20/syrian-refugees-in-armenia-a-warm-welcome|title=Syrians in Armenia: Not just another refugee story|first=Anna|last=Nigmatulina|publisher=Al Jazeera|accessdate=28 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/news/world/middle-east/syrian-armenians-our-enemys-flag-made-us-happy-but-ashamed|title=Syrian Armenians: 'Our enemy's flag made us happy, but ashamed'|author=Justin Vela|newspaper=The National |date=13 November 2012}} The Cilician school was established to provide education specifically for Syrian-Armenian refugee children{{cite web|url=http://armenianow.com/society/education/40527/syrian_armenians_cilician_school|title=Home is Where the Heart is: Students at Cilician school say they enjoy Yerevan, but dream of returning to Aleppo – Education|publisher=ArmeniaNow.com|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208121427/http://armenianow.com/society/education/40527/syrian_armenians_cilician_school|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://pulitzercenter.org/reporting/armenia-syrian-armenians-diaspora-genocide-migration-muslim-multiculturalism-economy|title=Armenians Fleeing Anew as Syria Erupts in Battle|work=Pulitzer Center}}{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/armenia/school-barriers-syrian-armenians|title=School Barriers for Syrian Armenians|work=ReliefWeb|date=15 September 2014 }} with support from the governments of Kuwait{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/armenia/kuwait-continues-supporting-syrian-refugees-armenia|title=Kuwait continues supporting Syrian refugees in Armenia|work=ReliefWeb|date=5 September 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://reliefweb.int/report/armenia/kuwait-donates-usd-100000-armenia-humanitarian-aid-syria-refugees|title=Kuwait donates USD 100,000 to Armenia for humanitarian aid to Syria refugees|work=ReliefWeb|date=26 December 2012 }} and Austria.{{cite web|url=http://news.am/eng/news/177930.html|title=Austria aids Syrian refugees in Armenia|date=22 May 2023 |publisher=Armenian News-NEWS.am }}

As of January 2017, there were 22,000 refugees, primarily ethnic Armenians in the country. In addition another 38 Armenian families (about 200 people) resettled in the de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as of 2014.{{cite web|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/728230|title=New flats are built for Syrian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh|date=5 August 2013|work=Armenpress.am|access-date=19 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://news.am/eng/news/232270.html|title=Around 200 Syrian Armenians live in Karabakh|access-date=1 February 2018|publisher=Armenian News-NEWS.am}} 50 Yazidi families (about 400 people) have also found refuge in Armenia. Armenia is home to a Yazidi community, currently numbering 35,000.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-yazidis/after-long-trek-to-armenia-iraqs-yazidi-families-struggle-to-fit-in-idUSKBN17V0TN|title=After long trek to Armenia, Iraq's Yazidi families struggle to fit in|access-date=1 February 2018 |work=Reuters|date=29 April 2017}}

{{flag|Azerbaijan}} – As of 2019, 43 Syrian refugees have applied for asylum in Azerbaijan.[https://oxu.az/society/319147 Azərbaycana qaçqın axını: 600 əfqan ölkəmizə qaçdı]. Oxu.az. 2 June 2019. Azerbaijan has voiced its protest against Armenia's measures to resettle Syrian Armenian refugees in the Armenian-occupied Azerbaijani regions of Lachin and Gubadli (claimed by the Armenian-backed unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic), accusing it of artificially changing the demographic situation and the ethnic composition of these once Azeri-populated districts.[http://www.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2433518.html Глава МИД Азербайджана о поэтапном урегулировании нагорно-карабахского конфликта] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928183413/http://www.trend.az/azerbaijan/karabakh/2433518.html |date=28 September 2015 }}. Trend. 15 September 2015.

{{flag|Bahrain}} – Bahrain rejected reports from Bahraini opposition that they were trying to alter the country's demographics by naturalizing Syrians.[http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/bahrain/bahrain-denies-bid-to-naturalise-syrians-1.1080480 Bahrain denies bid to naturalise Syrians] Gulf News. 24 September 2012

{{flag|Israel}} – Israel has a disputed border with Syria's Golan Heights. In 2012, Israel announced preparations to accommodate Alawite Syrian refugees in the Golan Heights, should the Syrian government collapse.{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/01/201211013426766181.html |title=Israel 'preparing to absorb Syrian refugees' – Middle East |publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=23 February 2013}} Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "We will not allow Israel to be submerged by a wave of illegal migrants and terrorist activists.""[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11847304/Israel-prime-minister-Benjamin-Netanyahu-rejects-calls-to-admit-Syrian-refugees.html Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects calls to admit Syrian refugees]". The Daily Telegraph. 6 September 2015. Israelis from humanitarian groups have operated in Jordan to assist Syrian refugees who have fled there. By March 2015, nearly 2000 Syrians injured in the Syrian Civil War had been treated in Israeli hospitals.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/11/middleeast/israel-hospital-treatment-for-syrians/|title=Injured Syrians find treatment in Israel|author=Oren Liebermann|date=11 May 2015|publisher=CNN|author-link=Oren Liebermann}} In January 2017, the Israeli interior ministry announced that they will resettle around 100 unaccompanied Syrian refugee children. They will be given temporary residency status and will have full rights, though they would not receive an Israeli passport. The report also said that the Israeli government was even willing to promise the UN that after four years, the resettled refugees will be given permanent residency – allowing them to stay in Israel for a lifetime period.{{cite news|title=Israel Reportedly Prepared to Take in 100 Orphaned Syrian Refugees|url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.767523|work=Haaretz|access-date=28 January 2017}}

{{flag|Iran}} – As of early 2014 Iran has sent 150 tons of humanitarian goods including 3,000 tents and 10,000 blankets to the Red Crescents of Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon via land routes to be distributed among the Syrian refugees residing in the three countries.{{cite web|url=http://english.farsnews.ir/newstext.aspx?nn=13921022000700|title=Iran's Red Crescent Sends 150 Tons of Aids to Syrian Refugees|access-date=26 April 2014}}

{{flag|Kuwait}} – Kuwait has an estimated 120,000 Syrians. More specifically, Kuwait extends residency permits for Syrian expatriates who have overstayed in Kuwait.{{cite web|title=Kuwait extends residency permits for Syrians|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria/kuwait-extends-residency-permits-for-syrians-1.1577117/|date=2 September 2015|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|access-date=10 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628124732/http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/syria/kuwait-extends-residency-permits-for-syrians-1.1577117|archive-date=28 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} – Saudi Arabia has offered resettlement only for Syrian migrants that had a family in the kingdom, and has an estimated number of Syrian migrants and foreign workers that reaches 100,000 living with their families{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/12/saudi-arabia-says-reports-of-its-syrian-refugee-response-false-and-misleading |title=Saudi Arabia says criticism of Syria refugee response 'false and misleading' |newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 September 2015}} and has sent aid worth $280 million to help Syrian refugees.[http://srec.org.sa/wps/wcm/connect/main/Saudi+Relief+Committees+AR/Relief+Committees/Syria/Main/ Saudi Arabia gives $476 million for Syrian refugees]. The Saudi Committees And Relief Campaigns. 1 September 2015. Saudi Arabia, like all of the Gulf states, is not a signatory to the 1951 United Nations Refugee Convention."[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/04/the-arab-worlds-wealthiest-nations-are-doing-next-to-nothing-for-syrias-refugees/ The Arab world's wealthiest nations are doing next to nothing for Syria's refugees]". The Washington Post. 2 September 2015. According to the Saudi official, Saudi Arabia had issued residency permits to 100,000 Syrians. The BBC reported that "most successful cases are Syrians already in Gulf states extending their stays, or those entering because they have family there.""[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34132308 Migrant crisis: Why Syrians do not flee to Gulf states]". BBC News. 2 September 2015. Amnesty International reported that Saudi Arabia has not actually offered any resettlement specifically to refugees.{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/09/syrias-refugee-crisis-in-numbers/|title=Syria's refugee crisis in numbers|date=4 September 2015|publisher=Amnesty International}} They are not classified as refugees. The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced in 2016 that it had accepted more than 2,500,000+ refugees into the kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/986586/saudi-arabia |title=Saudi Arabia has welcomed 2.5m Syrians: Crown Prince |newspaper=Arab News |date=19 September 2016 }}

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In August 2012, the first Syrian refugees migrated by sea to the European Union.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/boat-carrying-syrian-refugees-lands-southern-italy-121734874.html |access-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815020239/http://news.yahoo.com/boat-carrying-syrian-refugees-lands-southern-italy-121734874.html|title=Boat carrying Syrian refugees lands in southern Italy |archive-date=15 August 2012}}

Under the Dublin Regulation, an asylum applicant in one EU country, must be returned to that country, should they attempt onward migration to another EU country. Hungary is overburdened in 2015 by asylum applications during the European Migrant Crises, to the point that on 23 June its refuses to allow further applicants to be returned by other EU countries.{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-austria-hungary-idUKKBN0P31ZB20150623 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224222923/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-austria-hungary-idUKKBN0P31ZB20150623 |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 December 2015 |title=Defying EU, Hungary suspends rules on asylum seekers |work=Reuters |access-date=9 March 2015}} Germany and the Czech Republic suspend the Dublin Regulation for Syrians and start to process their asylum applications directly.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-opens-its-gates-berlin-says-all-syrian-asylumseekers-are-welcome-to-remain-as-britain-is-urged-to-make-a-similar-statement-10470062.html |title=Germany opens its gates: Berlin says all Syrian asylum-seekers are welcome to remain, as Britain is urged to make a 'similar statement' |work=The Independent |access-date=9 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.praguepost.com/eu-news/49584-change-in-czech-refugee-policy |title=Change in Czech refugee policy |work=The Prague Post |access-date=9 March 2015}} On 21 September, EU home affairs and interior ministers approve a plan to accept and redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers (not only Syrians) across the EU.{{Cite news|title=Brussels draws up plan to resettle 200,000 refugees across Europe|url=https://www.ft.com/content/5bec9bee-758f-11e5-933d-efcdc3c11c89|access-date=28 May 2017|newspaper=Financial Times|date=18 October 2015|last1=Robinson|first1=Duncan}} The Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia opposed the plan and Finland abstains.{{cite news |url=http://nyti.ms/1ONp1bL |title=European Union Ministers Approve Plan to Distribute Refugees |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2015 |access-date=22 September 2015 |author=Kanter, James |location=Brussels}} Poorer countries express concerns about the economic and social cost of absorbing large numbers of refugees. Wealthier countries are able to offer more humanitarian assistance.

Large numbers of refugees cross into the EU and by mid-2015 there are 313,000 asylum applications across Europe.{{cite web |url=http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/asylum.php |title=Syria Regional Refugee Response |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |access-date=19 October 2015 |archive-date=9 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409125136/https://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/asylum.php |url-status=dead }} The largest numbers are recorded in Germany with over 89,000, and Sweden with over 62,000. More than 100,000 refugees cross into the EU in July 2015,"[http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-syria-european-union-refugees-we-pay-you-keep-policy.html European countries to Turkey: We pay, you keep Syrian refugees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151212013144/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/09/turkey-syria-european-union-refugees-we-pay-you-keep-policy.html |date=12 December 2015 }}". Al-Monitor. 2 September 2015. and by September over 8,000 refugees crossed to Europe daily, with Syrians forming the largest group.[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24583286 Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum?]. BBC News. 1 September 2015.

By 21 December 2015, an estimated 500,000 Syrian refugees have entered Europe, 80 percent arrived by sea, and most land in Greece.{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35158769 |title=Migrant crisis: One million enter Europe in 2015 |date=22 December 2015 |publisher=BBC News }}

On 19 February 2016, Austria imposes restrictions on the number of refugee entries. Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia announced that just 580 refugees a day will be allowed through their borders. As a result, large numbers of Syrian refugees are stuck in Greece.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35667769|title=Migrant crisis: Thousands stranded in Greece as borders tighten|date=26 February 2016|publisher=BBC News}} There are fears that Greece won't be able to cope with the thousands stranded in the reception centres scattered across the mainland and the islands of Lesbos, Kos and Chios.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35652424|title=Migrant crisis: Desperation on the Greek border|date=25 February 2016|publisher=BBC News|access-date=28 February 2016}}

{{flag|Austria}} – In 2015, there were at least 18,000 estimated Syrian refugees in Austria.{{cite web|title=Antalet asylsökande från Syrien har fördubblat|url=http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/371180/|website=Statistics Sweden|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827205128/http://www.scb.se/sv_/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/befolkningens-sammansattning/befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/behallare-for-press/371180/|archive-date=27 August 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/menschen_und_gesellschaft/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstruktur/bevoelkerung_nach_staatsangehoerigkeit_geburtsland/index.html|title=Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland|author=STATISTIK AUSTRIA|access-date=8 August 2015}} In 2018, there were 48,103 Syrian nationals residing in Austria.{{cite web |url=http://www.statistik.at/web_de/statistiken/menschen_und_gesellschaft/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstruktur/bevoelkerung_nach_staatsangehoerigkeit_geburtsland/index.html |title=Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002–2018 nach detaillierter Staatsangehörigkeit (PDF)|author=STATISTIK AUSTRIA|access-date=6 June 2018}}

{{flag|Bulgaria}} – Bulgaria welcomes refugees when in transit to Germany to apply for refugee status. Bulgaria received 11,080 asylum applications in 2014, 56% of which were made by Syrian citizens and on which 94.2% of first instance decisions were positive for Syrian citizens, making it the country with the highest acceptance rate in the EU.{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6751779/3-20032015-BP-EN.pdf/35e04263-2db5-4e75-b3d3-6b086b23ef2b |title=Asylum in the EU: The number of asylum applicants in the EU jumped to more than 625 000 in 2014. 20% were Syrians |work=Eurostat |date=20 March 2015 |access-date=15 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2015/09/daily-chart |title=Daily chart: Europe's migrant acceptance rates |newspaper=The Economist |date=1 September 2015 |access-date=15 September 2015}} For the period of January–July 2015, there were estimated 9,200 asylum applications to Bulgaria with average acceptance rate remaining the same as in the previous year.{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&pcode=tps00189&language=en |title=Asylum and new asylum applicants – monthly data |work=Eurostat |date=11 September 2015 |access-date=15 September 2015 }}

In August 2013, there is a sharp increase in refugees entering Bulgaria. Bulgarian refugee centers are at capacity and the government seeks emergency accommodations and asks the EU and Red Cross for aid.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-02/bulgaria-may-ask-for-eu-aid-to-handle-rise-in-syrian-refugees.html |title=Bulgaria May Ask for EU Aid to Handle Rise in Syrian Refugees|author=Elizabeth Konstantinova|date=2 September 2013|publisher=Bloomberg News|access-date=13 November 2014}}

{{flag|Czech Republic}} – In October, the UN's human rights chief claims the Czech Republic is holding migrants in "degrading" and jail like conditions{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34604118|title=Migrant crisis: Czechs accused of human rights abuses |date=22 October 2015 |publisher=BBC News}}

{{flag|Croatia}} – Croatia welcomes refugees when in transit to Germany to apply for refugee status. In addition, Croatia, an EU member state, shares land border with Serbia, therefore there is a risk of strong inflow of migrants from Serbia considering that Hungary erected a fence on its border with Serbia. Nearly 80% of the border consist of Danube river, but the problem is 70 kilometers long so-called "Green Border" near Tovarnik. According to the Croatian Minister of Interior Ranko Ostojić "police in the area has enough people and equipment to protect Croatian border against illegal immigrants".{{cite web|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/bajakovo-i-tovarnik-kriticne-tocke-na-zelenoj-granici-sa-srbijom-kroz-koju-bi-emigranti-mogli-ilegalno-uci-u-hrvatsku-1019618|title=Hrvatska na udaru imigranata, krizne točke Bajakovo i Tovarnik|work=Večernji.hr}} Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and First Deputy Prime Minister Vesna Pusić rejected option of building a fence on Croatian border with Serbia.{{cite web|url=http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/svijet/grabar-kitarovic-hrvatska-nece-graditi-zidove-prema-srbiji-kao-madjarska---390052.html|title=Grabar KitaroviĆ: Hrvatska neće graditi zidove prema Srbiji kao Mađarska|author=T.V.|work=Dnevnik.hr}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/-hrvatska-nece-graditi-zidove-ako-val-izbjeglica-krene-prema-nama--vesna-pusic-iskazala-prezir-prema-madarskom-rjesenju/1405895/|title='HRVATSKA NEĆE GRADITI ZIDOVE AKO VAL IZBJEGLICA KRENE PREMA NAMA' Vesna Pusić iskazala prezir prema mađarskom rješenju – Jutarnji.hr|work=jutarnji.hr|access-date=3 September 2015|archive-date=28 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928224540/http://www.jutarnji.hr/-hrvatska-nece-graditi-zidove-ako-val-izbjeglica-krene-prema-nama--vesna-pusic-iskazala-prezir-prema-madarskom-rjesenju/1405895/|url-status=dead}} On 15 September 2015, Croatia started to experience the first major waves of refugees of the Syrian Civil War. "First Syrian refugees cross Croatia-Serbia border, carving out potential new route through Europe after Hungary seals borders".{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/refugees-seeking-routes-border-closures-150916045558970.html|title=Refugees cross Croatia border in search of new route|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=16 September 2015}} Croatia closed its border with Serbia on 19 October 2015 due to "overwhelming numbers".{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/tensions-croatia-serbia-rise-refugees-150924193440477.html |title=Tensions between Croatia and Serbia rise over refugees|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=24 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/19/refugees-stranded-on-serbian-croatian-border|title=More than 10,000 refugees stranded in Serbia as borders close, UNHCR says|work=The Guardian|date=19 October 2015}}

{{Flag|Cyprus}} – In 2024 Cyprus had 30,000 Syrian refugees under subsidiary protection.{{Cite web |last=Δημητριάδη |first=Ραφαέλα |date=2024-04-19 |title=Γύρω στα 10 κράτη συμφωνούν με Κύπρο για καθεστώς Συρίας, λένε αρμόδιες πηγές |url=https://www.philenews.com/politiki/article/1461460/giro-sta-10-krati-simfonoun-me-kipro-gia-kathestos-sirias-lene-armodies-piges/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Φιλελεύθερος {{!}} Philenews |language=el}}

{{flag|Denmark}} – In September 2015 public concerns remained about the arrival of refugees, and was shifting to concern over the immediate issues revolving around those already in Denmark.{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/denmark-advertises-how-bad-country-refugees-317417|title=Denmark advertises how bad the country is to refugees|work=EurActiv – EU News & policy debates, across languages|date=8 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/copenhagen-warns-syrian-refugees-asylum-denmark-now-harder-come-2086025|title=Copenhagen Warns Syrian Refugees That Asylum In Denmark Is Now Harder To Come By|author=Angelo Young|date=8 September 2015|work=International Business Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.enstarz.com/articles/107416/20150910/syrian-refugee-update-denmark-stalls-rail-links-with-germany-to-thwart-refugees-video.htm|title=Syrian Refugee Update: Denmark Stalls Rail Links With Germany Over Passport Check Issues [VIDEO]|work=ENSTARZ|date=10 September 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/10/europe/europe-migrant-crisis/|title=Danish police won't stop migrants heading for Sweden |author=Susanne Gargiulo, Laura Smith-Spark and Michael Martinez|date=10 September 2015|publisher=CNN}}{{cite web|url=http://imgur.com/gallery/YmFPg|title=Syrian refugees arrive in Denmark|work=Imgur}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/11857145/Denmark-becomes-latest-migration-flashpoint-as-it-gives-refugees-free-passage-to-Sweden.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/11857145/Denmark-becomes-latest-migration-flashpoint-as-it-gives-refugees-free-passage-to-Sweden.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Denmark becomes latest migration flashpoint as it gives refugees free passage to Sweden|date=10 September 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph}}{{cbignore}}

{{flag|France}} – In November 2015, President François Hollande reaffirmed France's commitment to accept 30,000 refugees over two years, despite concerns arising from the November 2015 Paris attacks a few days earlier. His announcement drew a standing ovation from a gathering of French mayors.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/18/france-says-it-will-take-30000-syrian-refugees-while-u-s-republicans-would-turn-them-away/|title=France says it will take 30,000 Syrian refugees, while U.S. Republicans would turn them away|author=Ishaan Tharoor|date=18 November 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post}}

File:Köln gegen Rechts - Januar 2016-5914.jpg, Germany on 6 January 2016 following the aftermath of the New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Germany.]]

{{flag|Germany}} – In 2013, Germany received 11,851 asylum requests by Syrians, in 2014 the number more than tripled to 39,332.{{cite web|url=https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Downloads/Infothek/Statistik/Asyl/201412-statistik-anlage-asyl-geschaeftsbericht.html?nn=1364454|title=Asylgeschäftsstatistik 12/2014des BAMF|author=BAMF|date=14 January 2015|work=Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge|access-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303004936/https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Downloads/Infothek/Statistik/Asyl/201412-statistik-anlage-asyl-geschaeftsbericht.html?nn=1364454|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} The German Federal Minister of the Interior estimated in March 2015, that some 105,000 Syrian refugees have been accepted by Germany.{{cite news|url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/kriegsfluechtlinge-aus-syrien-linke-und-gruene-warnen-vor-abschottung/11572642.html|title=Kriegsflüchtlinge aus Syrien – Linke und Gruene warnen vor Abschottung|author=Matthias Meissner|date=30 March 2015|work=Der Tagesspiegel|access-date=17 June 2015}} By June 2015, 161,435 Syrians resided in Germany, of which 136,835 had entered after January 2011.{{cite web|url=http://dip21.bundestag.de/dip21/btd/18/057/1805799.pdf|title=Drucksache 18/5799|date=28 August 2015|work=Der Tagesspiegel|access-date=18 January 2016}} After suspending the Dublin rules for Syrian refugees, the numbers increased to the point of stressing Germany's infrastructure and logistics capabilities. From January to July 2015, the Federal office for migration and refugees received 42,100 requests for asylum.{{cite web|url=https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Downloads/Infothek/Statistik/Asyl/201507-statistik-anlage-asyl-geschaeftsbericht.html?nn=1364454|title=Asylgeschäftsstatistik 07/2015|date=19 August 2015|work=Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge|access-date=18 January 2016}} By the end of 2015, the figure had reached 158,657. 96% of the asylum requests were approved.{{cite web|url=https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Downloads/Infothek/Statistik/Asyl/201512-statistik-anlage-asyl-geschaeftsbericht.html?nn=1364454|title=Asylgeschäftsstatistik 12/2015|date=6 January 2016|work=Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge|access-date=18 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630044730/https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Anlagen/DE/Downloads/Infothek/Statistik/Asyl/201512-statistik-anlage-asyl-geschaeftsbericht.html?nn=1364454|archive-date=30 June 2017|url-status=dead}} German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that "The fundamental right to asylum for the politically persecuted knows no upper limit; that also goes for refugees who come to us from the hell of a civil war.""[https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/latest-3000-migrants-cross-austria-33650547 The Latest: Merkel Says No Legal Limit to Refugee Numbers]". ABC News. 10 September 2015 Even though her government decided to let all Syrians enter the country, they temporarly had to stop train travel to/from Austria to control the high numbers arriving. At Munich's main railway station, thousands of Germans applauded Syrians as they arrived in September.{{cite news |last=Noack |first=Rick |date=22 December 2015|title=Over a million refugees and migrants arrived in Europe this year. Here is what you need to know. |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-million-refugees-migrants-europe-20151222-story.html |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |location=Chicago, USA |access-date=24 December 2015}}

The German police force announced on 22 October 2015 that they had prevented a planned attack on a refugee home in Bamberg by a right-wing extremist group. They also said there had been nearly 600 attacks on refugee homes in 2015, a sharp rise from 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34604118 |title=Migrant crisis: Czechs accused of human rights abuses |publisher=BBC News|date=2 September 2015 |access-date=23 October 2015}} As well, 19–39,000 (depending on estimates) of members of the German right-wing Pegida movement rallied on 19 October 2015 in Dresden against accepting refugees. Some 14–20,000 other individuals held a counterrally in the city.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/thousands-mass-dresden-anti-migrant-rally-counter-protest-184938851.html|title=Thousands mass in Dresden for anti-migrant rally, counter-protest|date=19 October 2015|work=Yahoo News}} Angela Merkel's openness towards refugees was criticized and 61% of respondents in an INSA poll reported they were less happy about accepting refugees after the assaults. In September, German customs seized packages of fake Syrian passports which police suspect are being sold to non-Syrians seeking asylum in Germany.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34150408|title=Germany seizes fake Syrian passports in asylum inquiry|date=4 September 2015|publisher=BBC News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants-pose-as-syrians-to-open-door-to-asylum-in-europe-1442013612|title=Migrants Pose as Syrians to Open Door to Asylum in Europe|author=Manuela Mesco|author2=Matt Bradley|author3=Giovanni Legorano|date=12 September 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal}}

In April 2020, two former high-ranking members of the Syrian Army went on trial in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, for alleged war crimes committed during the Syrian Civil War. This was the first time that Syrian military officials are being prosecuted for their roles in the conflict.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-germany/german-court-opens-first-syria-torture-trial-idUSKCN22525P?il=0|title=German court opens first Syria torture trial|work=Reuters|date=23 April 2020}}

By the end of 2022, 1,016,000 Syrian migrants lived in Germany.{{Cite web |title=Population in private households by migrant background in the wider sense and by selected countries of birth |url=https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Society-Environment/Population/Migration-Integration/Tables/migrant-status-selected-countries.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Federal Statistical Office}}

{{flag|Greece}} – Greece welcomes refugees when in transit to Germany to apply for refugee status. In 2015, there were 385,525 arrivals by sea. It is estimated that only 8% of arrivals (31,000 Syrian refugees) applied for asylum in Greece,{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.it/sites/53a161110b80eeaac7000002/assets/55dae1000b80ee2cec004eb7/Greece_Operational_Update___1.pdf|title=GREECE, UNHCR OPERATIONAL UPDATE|date=21 August 2015|publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees|access-date=17 February 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225013556/http://www.unhcr.it/sites/53a161110b80eeaac7000002/assets/55dae1000b80ee2cec004eb7/Greece_Operational_Update___1.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2016}} as most are in transit further into Europe. The Greek government sought to use the refugee crisis to extract additional economic aid from the EU with poor results.{{Cite journal|last1=Tsourapas|first1=Gerasimos|last2=Zartaloudis|first2=Sotirios|date=2021-06-08|title=Leveraging the European Refugee Crisis: Forced Displacement and Bargaining in Greece's Bailout Negotiations|journal=JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies|volume=60|issue=2|pages=245–263|doi=10.1111/jcms.13211|s2cid=236290729|issn=0021-9886|doi-access=free}} 15,000–17,000 refugees had landed on Lesbos island by September 2015, overwhelming the resources and generosity of local residents.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/07/lesbos-on-verge-of-explosion-as-refugees-crowd-greek-island|title=Lesbos 'on verge of explosion' as refugees crowd Greek island|author=Helena Smith|work=The Guardian|date=7 September 2015}} Many refugees also make landfall at Agathonisi, Farmakonisi, Kos, Lemnos, Leros, Rhodes, Chios, Samos, Symi, Kastellorizo and other islands near Turkey. Some arrive via the Evros border crossing from Turkey. On 19 February 2016 Austria imposed restrictions on the number of refugees entering the country followed by Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and North Macedonia, of just 580 arrivals a day. As a result, large numbers of Syrian refugees and migrants from other countries are stuck in Greece. On 22 February 2016 at an emergency summit on the migrant crisis in Brussels it was agreed that another 100,000 spaces in refugee reception centres will be created. There was also 50,000 spaces in Greece and another 50,000 spaces in Balkan countries created.{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34634214 |title = Migrant crisis: Thousands of new reception places agreed|date=26 February 2016 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=28 February 2016 }} Given that 2 – 3,000 migrants arrive in Greece every day, these 100,000 spaces look inadequate.

On 18 June 2016, UN chief Ban Ki-moon praised Greece for showing "remarkable solidarity and compassion" towards refugees and he also called for international support.{{cite news |url = http://www.dw.com/en/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-urges-international-support-for-greece-over-refugees/a-19340214 |title = UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges international support for Greece over refugees|publisher=Deutsche Welle }}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-un-idUSKCN0Z40AQ |title=Countries must do more to help Greece with migrant crisis: U.N. chief |work = Reuters}}

After the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt in July 2016, Greek authorities on a number of Aegean Islands have called for emergency measures to curtail a growing flow of refugees from Turkey, the number of migrants and refugees willing to make the journey across the Aegean has increased noticeably. At Athens officials voiced worries that Turkish monitors overseeing the deal in Greece had been abruptly pulled out after the failed coup with little sign of them being replaced.{{cite web |title=Aegean islands alarm as refugee numbers rise after Turkey coup attempt |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/30/refugee-numbers-rise-greece-aegean-turkey-coup-attempt|work=The Guardian|date = 30 July 2016}} The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) warned about the prospect of another flare-up in the refugee/migrant crisis due to the Turkish political instability.{{cite web|title=Sector group: Coup attempt in Turkey to negatively affect Greek tourism|date=8 January 2016|url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/1133579/sector-group-coup-attempt-in-turkey-to-negatively-affect-greek-tourism|publisher=naftemporiki}}

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{{flag|Hungary}} – Hungary welcomes refugees when in transit to Germany to apply for refugee status. In the summer of 2015, Hungary was deeply affected by the migration crisis. In December, Hungary challenged EU plans to share asylum seekers across EU states at the European Court of Justice. The border has been closed since 15 September 2015, with razor wire fence along its southern borders, particularly Croatia, and by blocking train travel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-hungary-orban-idUSKCN0RI0GD20150918|title=Hungary starts building fence on border with Croatia: PM|date=18 September 2017|work=Reuters|access-date=28 May 2017}} The government believes that "illegal migrants" are job-seekers, threats to security and likely to "threaten our culture".{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35162515 |title=Migrant crisis: Hungary denies fuelling intolerance in media |last=Thorpe |first=Nick |date=22 December 2015 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=24 December 2015}} There have been cases of immigrants and ethnic minorities being attacked. The country has conducted wholesale deportations of refugees, who are generally considered to be allied with ISIL.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/sep/15/refugee-crisis-hungary-launches-border-crackdown-live-updates|title=Refugee crisis: Hungary rejects all asylum requests made at border – as it happened|author=Matthew Weaver|work=The Guardian|date=15 September 2015}} Refugees are outlawed and almost all are ejected.

{{flag|Iceland}} – Iceland announced it would accept 50 Syrian refugees."[http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/facebook-syria-refugees-group-iceland-1.3213296 Icelanders offer up homes to Syrian refugees]". CBC News. 3 September 2015.

{{flag|Italy}} – In 2013, the UNHCR estimates that more than 4,600 refugees arrive in Italy by sea, two-thirds of whom arrive in August.{{cite news |url=http://www.unhcr.org/5232e41e9.html|title = UNHCR – Growing numbers of Syrians arriving in southern Italy| publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees }}

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{{flag|North Macedonia}} – North Macedonia welcomes refugees if they do not stay permanently within the country and instead go to Germany to apply for refugee status. In summer of 2015, North Macedonia becomes one of the most affected European countries by migration crisis, along with Hungary, Serbia, Italy and Greece.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-24583286|title=Why is EU struggling with migrants and asylum?|date=3 March 2016|publisher=BBC News}}

{{flag|Netherlands}} – The government condemned the fire bombing of an immigrant reception centre in October 2015.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-netherlands-idUKKCN0S40S820151010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103936/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-netherlands-idUKKCN0S40S820151010|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2016|title=Dutch PM condemns attack on shelter for Syrian refugees|work=Reuters|date=10 October 2015}} In the small town of Geldermalsen, over 2,000 protested immigration in mid December 2015.{{cite news |agency=Reuters|date=17 December 2015 |title=Thousands riot in small Dutch town over plan for asylum-seeker centre |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/17/thousands-riot-in-small-dutch-town-over-plan-for-asylum-seeker-centre |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, England |access-date=24 December 2015}}

{{flag|Norway}} – Norway has announced it will accept 8,000 refugees from Syria under the UN quota system by the end of 2017."[http://www.thelocal.no/20150610/norway-to-take-in-8000-syrian-quota-refugees Norway to take in 8,000 Syrian quota refugees]". The Local. 10 June 2015.

{{flag|Poland}} –Poland has accepted 150 mostly Christian refugees. Various centre right, far right, and conservative parties won parliamentary elections on platforms demanding a halt to refugee quotas.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/23/poland-election-law-and-justice-party |title=Fear and xenophobia poison Polish polls |author=Alex Duval Smith |work=The Guardian|date=23 October 2015 }}{{cite web |url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/25/poland-lurches-to-right-with-election-of-law-and-justice-party |title=Poland lurches to right with election of Law and Justice party|author=Alex Duval Smith|work=The Guardian|date=26 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2015/10/26/poland-election-migrant-crisis-affecting-eu-politics.html|title=Poland election: Migrant crisis affecting EU politics|first=Catherine|last=Boyle|publisher=CNBC|date=26 October 2015}}{{cite news|title=Poland returns most rightwing parliament in Europe|newspaper=Financial Times|date=26 October 2015|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f0a994e8-7bdf-11e5-a1fe-567b37f80b64.html|last1=Foy|first1=Henry}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/nationalist-party-wins-polands-election-1445852043|title=Nationalist Party Wins Poland's Election|author=Martin M. Sobczyk|date=26 October 2015|work=The Wall Street Journal}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/antimigrant-eurosceptics-claim-victory-in-landmark-poland-election-20151026-gkicvi.html|title=Anti-migrant Eurosceptics claim victory in landmark Poland election|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=26 October 2015}}

{{flag|Romania}} – The European Commission asked Romania to accept 6,351 refugees under an EU quota scheme.{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/romania-accept-refugees-if-admitted-schengen-317426 |title=Romania to accept refugees if admitted to Schengen |publisher=EurActiv |date= 8 September 2015}} Bloomberg News reported that "Romania's government will call on the EU to grant its citizens equal access to the visa-free Schengen area if the bloc's leaders impose mandatory quotas on its members to shelter refugees."{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-09-07/romania-calls-for-equal-schengen-rights-in-case-of-refugee-quota |title=Romania Wants Schengen Rights If Refugee Quota Imposed |publisher=Bloomberg News |date=7 September 2015}}

{{flag|Russia}} – The Russian government gave $24 million for refugees{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} and granted asylum to over 1,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/85046|title=Russia Earmarks $10M for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan|work=Naharnet|access-date=13 November 2014}} About 5,000 refugees have settled in Russia since 2012."[https://www.wsj.com/articles/syrian-refugees-take-arctic-route-to-europe-1441273767 Syrian Refugees Take Arctic Route to Europe]". The Wall Street Journal. 3 September 2015. Five hundred Christian refugees settled in Sochi. Circassians in Syria have been returning to their historic homelands in Circassia.{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/syrian-circassians-flocking-russian-caucasus-republic/27238438.html|title=Syrian Circassians Flocking To Russian Caucasus Republic|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=11 September 2015 }}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/kabardino-balkaria-republic-syrian-refugees/27242661.html|title=Kabardino-Balkaria Republic Balks at Accepting More Ethnic Kin From Syria|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=11 September 2015 |last1=Fuller |first1=Liz }}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/rift-emerges-pro-moscow-circassian-organization/27263165.html|title=Rift Emerges Within Pro-Moscow Circassian Organization|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=22 September 2015 |last1=Fuller |first1=Liz }}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2018}} The Chechen and Ossetian diasporas in Syria have also sought to return to their Caucasus homelands.{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/circassian-ossetian-chechen-minorities-solicit-russian-help-to-leave-syria/24674280.html|title=Circassian, Ossetian, Chechen Minorities Solicit Russian Help To Leave Syria|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=12 August 2012 }}{{unreliable source?|date=January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ecoi.net/local_link/276644/392790_en.html|title=RFE/RL: Circassian, Ossetian, Chechen Minorities Solicit Russian Help To Leave Syria – ecoi.net – European Country of Origin Information Network|publisher=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=12 August 2012}}

{{flag|Serbia}} – Serbia welcomes refugees when in transit to western Europe to apply for refugee status. In August 2015, Vučić said that Serbia will do anything to help these people on their way to better life. He promised more toilets for them, blankets, food and announced opening of the temporary reception centre in Belgrade during winter months. He also drew comparisons between the Syrian refugees and Croatian Serb refugees "who also had to leave their homes 20 years ago", positing that because Serbs suffered then, they understand the problems that the refugees face.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-recalling-their-own-war-belgraders-embrace-syrian-refugees-2015-8?IR=T|title=Recalling their own war, Belgraders embrace Syrian refugees|date=27 August 2015|work=Business Insider|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103935/http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-recalling-their-own-war-belgraders-embrace-syrian-refugees-2015-8?IR=T|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://theconversation.com/by-welcoming-syrian-refugees-serbs-hope-to-salvage-their-reputation-47802|title=By welcoming Syrian refugees, Serbs hope to salvage their reputation|author=Mladen Pupavac|date=29 September 2015|work=The Conversation}}

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{{flag|Slovenia}} – Originally, Slovenia welcomed refugees when in transit to Germany to apply for refugee status. As of September 2015, however, Slovenia has reportedly considered housing "up to 10,000" refugees, as well as creating new passageways through the country for refugees in response to increasing tensions at its border with Croatia.{{cite web|title=Border stand-off worsens as Croatia buses migrants to Hungary border|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/19/slovenia-border-stand-off-as-croatia-busses-migrants-into-hungary|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 September 2015|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=19 September 2015}}

{{flag|Slovakia}} – Slovakia has refused to accept refugees from Turkey (who are nearly all Syrians),{{cite web |title=Slovakia will not accept migrants from Turkey |url=http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20067569/slovakia-will-not-accept-migrants-from-turkey.html |date=17 December 2015 |website=The Slovak Spectator |access-date=24 December 2015}} although in December 2015 it did voluntarily accept 500 asylum seekers on a temporary basis and 149 Assyrian Christian families who came via Iraq{{cite web |url=http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20066657/group-of-assyrian-christians-from-iraq-arrives-in-slovakia.html |title=Christian refugees from Iraq arrive in Slovakia |author=no by-line.--> |date=17 December 2015 |website=The Slovak Spectator |access-date=24 December 2015}} The Slovak government has threatened lawsuits against the EU because of the controversial refugee quota system which requires Slovakia to accept just under 2,300 migrants.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/20/refugee-crisis-germany-warns-of-legal-action-against-eu-countries-ignoring-quota|title=Refugee crisis: Germany warns of legal action against EU countries ignoring quota|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=20 December 2015|website=The Guardian |access-date=24 December 2015}}

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In September 2013, Sweden becomes the first EU country to grant permanent residency to all asylum seekers, and the right to family reunification, in light of worsening conditions in Syria.{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/march-2015-local-groups-pack-syria|title=March 2015 local groups pack – Syria|publisher=AmnestyInternational}}{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/march-2015-local-groups-pack-syria |title=March 2015 local groups pack – Syria|publisher=Amnesty International |date=15 March 2015 |access-date=28 October 2015}}{{cite web|title=Sweden offers residency to all Syrian refugees|url=http://www.thelocal.se/50030/20130903/|work=The Local|access-date=3 September 2013|date=3 September 2013}} Roughly 8,000 Syrian refugees in Sweden are affected by the ruling. The decision was welcomed by the Syrian Arabian Cultural Association of Sweden, but they also warned that it may be a boon for people-smuggling operations and lead to political controversy.{{cite web|url=http://www.thelocal.se/50030/20130903/|title=Sweden offers residency to all Syrian refugees |access-date=3 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904224518/http://www.thelocal.se/50030/20130903/ |archive-date=4 September 2013|date=3 September 2013 }}

In September 2013, Swedish migration authorities ruled that all asylum seekers will be granted permanent residency and the right to bring their families as well. Sweden is the first EU-country to make this offer. The number of Syrian nationals settling in Sweden under refugee status was 2,943 in 2012,{{cite web|title=Var femte asylsökande kom från Syrien|url=http://scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/Folkmangd-2012-korrigerad-2013-03-20/|website=Statistics Sweden|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814014129/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/Folkmangd-2012-korrigerad-2013-03-20/|archive-date=14 August 2014|url-status=dead}} 9,755 in 2013, and 18,827 in 2014,{{cite web|title=Största folkökningen någonsin|url=http://scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/385509/|website=Statistics Sweden|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325032816/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/385509/|archive-date=25 March 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Stor ökning av ensamkommande flyktingbarn|url=http://scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/386883/|website=Statistics Sweden|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322030135/http://www.scb.se/sv_/Hitta-statistik/Statistik-efter-amne/Befolkning/Befolkningens-sammansattning/Befolkningsstatistik/25788/25795/Behallare-for-Press/386883/|archive-date=22 March 2015|url-status=dead}} summing up to a total increase of 31,525 refugees during this period. Additionally, another 9,028 Syrians settled in Sweden on grounds of family reunification. Moreover, during this period, Sweden has received over 10,000 stateless persons, many of whom are refugees that previously resided in Syria.

In 2015, 51,338 Syrians applied for asylum in Sweden.{{cite web |title= Applications for asylum received, 2015 |url=http://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.7c00d8e6143101d166d1aab/1446451028489/Inkomna+ans%C3%B6kningar+om+asyl+2015+-+Applications+for+asylum+received+2015.pdf|publisher=The Swedish Migration Agency|access-date=29 June 2018}} After 2015 the number of Syrian asylum seekers decreased drastically, totaling 5,459 in 2016, 4,718 in 2017, and 1,040 as of May 2018.{{cite web|title=Asylum Seekers in Sweden 2000–2017|url=https://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.4a5a58d51602d141cf41003/1515076326490/Asyls%C3%B6kande%20till%20Sverige%202000-2017.pdf|publisher=The Swedish Migration Agency|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131404/https://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.4a5a58d51602d141cf41003/1515076326490/Asyls%C3%B6kande%20till%20Sverige%202000-2017.pdf|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|title=Applications for asylum received, 2018|url=https://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.4cb46070161462db113b20/1527842992313/Inkomna%20ans%C3%B6kningar%20om%20asyl%202018%20-%20Applications%20for%20asylum%20received%202018.pdf|publisher=The Swedish Migration Agency|access-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629131356/https://www.migrationsverket.se/download/18.4cb46070161462db113b20/1527842992313/Inkomna%20ans%C3%B6kningar%20om%20asyl%202018%20-%20Applications%20for%20asylum%20received%202018.pdf|archive-date=29 June 2018|url-status=dead}}

{{flag|Switzerland}} – In March 2012, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights made a request to Switzerland to accept some Syrian refugees, and the Swiss government announced that it was considering the request.{{cite web|url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/Swiss_consider_accepting_Syrian_refugees.html?cid=32282134|title=Swiss consider accepting Syrian refugees|work=SWI Swissinfo.ch|date=13 March 2012}} In March 2015, the Swiss Federal Council set a goal of accepting 3,000 Syrian refugees over three years.[https://www.thelocal.ch/20150908/syrian-refugees-bypass-switzerland-for-eu-states Syrian refugees bypass Switzerland for EU states], thelocal.ch (8 September 2015). By September 2015, 5,000 Syrian refugees had received provisional permission to live in Switzerland, and an additional 2,000 had submitted asylum applications and were pending.

{{flag|United Kingdom}} – The UK has so far granted asylum to 5,102 refugees{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/455573/asylum2-q2-2015-tabs.ods|title=Immigration Statistics : Home Office|date=27 August 2015|publisher=Gov.uk|access-date=19 October 2015}} of whom 216 have been actively resettled."[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/refugee-crisis-number-of-syrian-refugees-britain-has-taken-in-would-fit-on-a-tube-train-10482714.html Refugee crisis: Number of Syrian refugees Britain has taken in would fit on a Tube train]". The Independent. 2 September 2015. The stance of its government has been severely criticised by human rights groups.{{cite news|last1=Bowen|first1=jeremy|title=Assad's BBC Interview|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-31311895|access-date=5 September 2015|publisher=BBC World News|date=10 February 2015}}{{cite news|last1=Grant|first1=Harriett|title=UK closing doors to Syrian migrants, lawyers say|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/mar/11/syrian-refugees-uk-visa-asylum-seekers-visa|access-date=5 September 2015|work=The Guardian|date=11 March 2015|ref=guardian}} In September, the government announced plans to accept 20,000 refugees over a period of 5 years, taken from refugee camps in Lebanon, Turkey, and Jordan.{{cite news |title=UK to accept 20,000 refugees from Syria by 2020 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34171148 |access-date=18 September 2015 |publisher=BBC News}} In May 2015, a YouGov poll commissioned by British charity Islamic Relief showed that 42% of respondents said Britain should not take in foreign nationals fleeing conflict or persecution in their own countries, up sharply on 2014. The poll also showed that terrorism was associated with Muslims, with the words "terror", "terrorist" or "terrorism" chosen by 12% of respondents, ahead of other options like faith (11%), mosque (9%), Koran (8%) and religious (8%).{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/uk-attitudes-refugees-harden-nearly-5884211|title=UK attitudes to refugees harden as nearly half of Britons don't believe we should offer shelter|author=David Mercer|date=15 June 2015|work=Daily Mirror}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/News/2015/6/15/UK-attitudes-to-refugees-harden|title=UK attitudes to refugees harden|author=Abubakr al-Shamahi|work=alaraby|date=15 June 2015}} Prime Minister David Cameron described Syrian refugees coming to the UK as a "swarm", and later said he would not "allow people to break into our country". The Foreign Secretary also said refugees were "marauding" around Calais. Amnesty International and opposition party leadership have criticized these statements by the government.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/if-these-extraordinarily-powerful-images-of-a-dead-syrian-child-washed-up-on-a-beach-don-t-change-10482757.html|title=If these extraordinarily powerful images of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach don't change Europe's attitude to refugees, what will?|author=Adam Withnall|date=2 September 2015|work=The Independent}}{{cite web|url=http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/if-this-powerful-image-will-not-change-uk-attitudes-to-refugees-what-will|title=If this powerful image will not change UK attitudes to refugees, what will?|author=Stop the War Coalition|work=stopwar.org.uk|access-date=23 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208100730/http://stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news/if-this-powerful-image-will-not-change-uk-attitudes-to-refugees-what-will|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}} On 4 September 2015, Cameron pledged that the UK would accept "thousands" more Syrian refugees.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34148913|title=David Cameron: UK to accept 'thousands' more Syrian refugees|date=4 September 2015|publisher=BBC News}} Wimbledon UKIP candidate Peter Bucklitsch, sparked online outrage amongst Twitter users on 3 September 2015 when he stated deceased Syrian refugee child Alan Kurdi was "well clothed & well fed", and blamed his parents for the death. He stated Aylan died because his parents were "greedy for the good life in Europe". High-profile figures such as Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron denounced the remarks. He apologised online the next day.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-candidate-sparks-outrage-after-blaming-aylan-kurdis-greedy-parents-for-his-death-10484911.html|title=Ukip candidate sparks outrage after blaming Aylan Kurdi's 'greedy' parents for his death|author=Matt Dathan|date=3 September 2015|work=The Independent}} A statement a day later contained an apology from Buckslitsch. He described his tweet as "inelegant" and stated that blaming parents was probably "not ... the best response."{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/04/former-ukip-candidate-peter-bucklitsch-apologises-inelegant-comments-drowned-syrian-toddler_n_8089524.html|title=Former UKIP Candidate Peter Bucklitsch Apologises For 'Inelegant' Comments About Drowned Syrian Toddler|work=The Huffington Post UK|date=4 September 2015}} In November 2018, A sixteen year old youth was shown on video assaulting a Syrian refugee in a playground attack in Almondbury Community School, West Yorkshire.{{cite news|title=Theresa May blasts sickening video of Syrian boy 'waterboarded' in UK school|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-blasts-sickening-video-syrian-13669106|access-date=1 December 2018|work=The Mirror|date=1 December 2018}}{{cite news|title=Tommy Robinson threatened with legal action over 'bully' video|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/06/tommy-robinson-threatened-with-legal-action-over-bully-video|access-date=6 December 2018|work=The Guardian|date=6 December 2018| last=Parveen| first=Nazia}}

In July 2013, Canada promised to resettle 1,300 refugees by 2015 and pledged $100 million in humanitarian aid.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} "1,063 Syrian refugees are already here in Canada. The rest will travel in the coming weeks" (Kevin Menard, spokesman for Immigration Minister Chris Alexander).{{cite web |last1=Mas |first1=Susana |title=Immigration changes to watch for in 2015 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/immigration-changes-to-watch-for-in-2015-1.2828021 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=1 January 2015}} and the government agreed to resettle 11,300 refugees by the end of 2017, and then 10,000 by September 2016.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Before the 2015 federal election, the Liberal Party of Canada promised to bring 25,000 refugees by the end of 2015.{{cite web |last1=Newton |first1=Paula |title=Canada: We'll resettle 25,000 Syrian Refugees |date=25 November 2015 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/24/americas/canada-syrian-refugees/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=25 November 2015}} After the election, the newly formed Liberal government failed to meet its self-imposed deadline and it was moved to February 2016 and began further screening in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris attacks.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Canadians have expressed considerable interest in receiving refugees and Canadian politicians and business leaders, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met the first two flights on 10 and 13 December 2015.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/syria-refugees-arrive-1.3360154 |title=Syrian refugees now in Toronto look forward to 'beautiful future' |publisher=CBC News |date=2015-12-10}} At the end of 2015, Canada had arranged 96 flights to airlift refugees from their host countries, welcomed 35,000 refugees into 275 communities across the country, and agreed to resettle 35–50,000 refugees by the end of 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-aims-to-double-intake-of-syrian-refugees-to-50000-immigration-chief-says-in-jordan/article27891645/|title=Canada aims to double intake of Syrian refugees to 50,000: McCallum|work=The Globe and Mail}} Resettlement arrangements for additional refugees and social integration of arriving refugees is ongoing. The cost over the subsequent six years was estimated between Can$564 to Can$678 million.{{cite news|title=Overseas security screening to slow down refugee arrivals: Ottawa|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-will-miss-refugee-deadline-by-two-months-says-minister/article27463376/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=25 November 2015}} Justin Trudeau stated that the most vulnerable would be accepted first, including families, children and members of the LGBT communities.{{cite web|title=Justin Trudeau justifies refugee delay, says Liberals want it 'done right'|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/programs/metromorning/justin-trudeau-interview-refugees-1.3333632|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=25 November 2015}} Among the Syrian refugees accepted for resettlement are thousands of ethnic Armenians.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/syrian-refugees-get-warm-welcome-at-armenian-community-centre-1.3361914|title=Syrian refugees get warm welcome at Armenian community centre|date=18 January 2016|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} On 27 February 2016 Canada met its goal of resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/03/01/468718932/canada-says-it-has-met-its-goal-of-resettling-25-000-syrian-refugees|title=Canada Says It Has Met Its Goal Of Resettling 25,000 Syrian Refugees|date=1 March 2016|publisher=NPR}} Canada continues to process applications and had accepted 40,081 refugees from November 2015 to January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/welcome/milestones.asp|title=#WelcomeRefugees: Key figures|website=Government of Canada, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Communications Branch|date=2 December 2015}} The government maintains at least two programmes for resettlement: refugees can be sponsored either under the Government-Assisted Refugee (GAR) programme, or under the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program (PSR).[http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/ref-sponsor/section-1.asp cic.gc.ca: "Guide to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program"], dated 4 August 2015

{{See also|Asylum in the United States}}

In late September 2016, the U.S. surpassed its initial goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees by resettling over 12,500 refugees throughout the U.S. Most of this initial grouping were admitted to the U.S. in the previous four months leading up to this announcement. The Obama administration also came out saying that it anticipated the resettling of an additional 110,000 refugees, according to an article from the Washington Post.{{cite news |last=Morello |first=Carol |date=27 September 2016 |title=U.S. Surpasses Syrian refugee goal set by Obama, expects more next year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-surpasses-syrian-refugee-goal-set-by-obama-expects-more-next-year/2016/09/27/59cedeb8-84e7-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post|location=Washington, DC, USA |access-date=6 December 2017}}Haeyoun Park & Rudy Omri, [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/30/us/syrian-refugees-in-the-united-states.html U.S. Reaches Goal of Admitting 10,00 Syrian Refugees. Here's Where They Went.], The New York Times (31 August 2016). Syrians made up only a small fraction (2%) of total U.S. refugee intake in the fiscal year 2015. According to the United States Department of State Refugee Admissions Report dated December 2016, the US admitted 1,682 Syrian refugees in Fiscal Year 2015 (year ending Sept 2015), 12,587 in FY 2016 (15% of total worldwide refugee admissions into the US in FY 2016) and 3,566 Syrian refugees for the period October through December 2016.{{cite web |title=US Department of State 'Refugee Processing Center' |url=http://www.wrapsnet.org/admissions-and-arrivals/|publisher=Department of State |date=31 December 2016 |access-date=1 February 2017}}

At the United Nations Leader's Summit on Refugees on 20 September 2016, President Obama urged countries to "fulfill a moral obligation" to help the current refugee crisis, and called the circumstances of the 4.8 million refugees from Syria "particularly unacceptable".{{cite news |last=Koran |first=Laura |date=20 September 2016 |title=Obama: Refugee crisis is test of our humanity |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/obama-refugees-summit/index.html |publisher=CNN|location=New York, NY, USA |access-date=6 December 2017}}

Following the November 2015 Paris attacks, thirty-one U.S. state governments (all but one led by a Republican governor) protested the admission of Syrian refugees to their states, with some seeking to block their admission.{{cite web |author1=Ashley Fantz |author2=Ben Brumfield |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/16/world/paris-attacks-syrian-refugees-backlash/ |title=More than half the nation's governors say Syrian refugees not welcome |publisher=CNN|date=16 November 2015}}Arnie Seipel, [https://www.npr.org/2015/11/17/456336432/more-governors-oppose-u-s-resettlement-of-syrian-refugees 30 Governors Call For Halt to U.S. Resettlement of Syrian Refugees], NPR (17 November 2015). These governors' efforts to block Syrian refugees have been unsuccessful in court,[http://www.economist.com/sections/science-technology Exodus, continued: The governor seems to be losing his fight to keep Syrian refugees away], The Economist (19 March 2016).Elise Foley, [https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/greg-abbott-texas-refugees_us_57e2ed0ee4b08d73b82f4550 Texas Can't Legally Keep Out Refugees, So It Wants To Quit a Program That Helps Them], HuffPost (21 September 2016). and most but not all of the governors "seem to have quietly dropped the matter."

Under his administration, the U.S. government has provided $5.9 billion to aid Syrian refugees, making the United States as the second-largest donor of Syrian refugees after Turkey.{{cite news |last=Morello |first=Carol |date=27 September 2016 |title= U.S. Surpasses Syrian refugee goal set by Obama, expects more next year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-surpasses-syrian-refugee-goal-set-by-obama-expects-more-next-year/2016/09/27/59cedeb8-84e7-11e6-ac72-a29979381495_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post|location= Washington, DC, USA |access-date= 6 December 2017}}

On 27 January 2017, new US President Donald Trump announced that he had signed an executive order suspending any further resettlement of Syrian refugees to the United States indefinitely until further notice due to security concerns (excluding "refugee claims made by individuals on the basis of religious-based persecution, provided that the religion of the individual is a minority religion in the individual's country of nationality"{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/us/politics/refugee-muslim-executive-order-trump.html |title=Executive Order Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States |date=27 January 2017 |work=The New York Times}} which could include Christians, Shia Muslims and Yazidis in Syria). It will resume once an enhanced security screening procedure is implemented.{{cite news |title=Trump Blocks Syrian Refugees and Orders Mexican Border Wall to Be Built |date=25 January 2017 |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/us/politics/refugees-immigrants-wall-trump.html|access-date=26 January 2017 |work=The New York Times }}{{cite web |url = http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/27/politics/donald-trump-refugees-executive-order/index.html |title=Trump's latest executive order: Banning people from 7 countries and more |first = Jeremy |last = Diamond |publisher=CNN |date=27 January 2017 }} Two days before signing the executive order, President Trump said that he was interested in establishing safe zones in Syrian territory, allowing refugees to live there while fleeing violence and stated that the European countries have "made a tremendous mistake by admitting millions of refugees from Syria and other Middle Eastern trouble spots" during the 2015 European migrant crisis.{{cite news |title=Trump says he will 'absolutely do safe zones' in Syria |url = https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/25/trump-says-he-will-absolutely-do-safe-zones-in-syria.html |agency = Reuters |access-date=4 February 2017 |date=25 January 2017 }} In July 2017, President Trump along with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri agreed on US support to Lebanon to "supporting the humanitarian needs of displaced Syrian citizens as close to their home country as possible." It was also announced in April of that same year that the US would send $167 million for Lebanese support.{{cite news |last=Held |first=Amy |date=25 July 2017 |title=Trump Says Keeping Syrian Refugees in Region is 'Best Way To Help Most People'|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/07/25/539318758/trump-says-keeping-syrian-refugees-in-region-is-best-way-to-help-most-people |publisher=NPR |location=Washington, DC, USA |access-date=6 December 2017 }}

While some supports advocate that Donald Trump's new suspension of resettlement was done to help protect the safety of the United States, a large portion are skeptical of the long-term results of the suspension. According to opponents of the plan, the suspension can be described as "ill-conceived, poorly implemented and ill-explained."{{cite news |last=Chappell |first=Bill |date=6 February 2017 |title=Former Top Security Officials Criticize Trump's Ill-conceived'Ban in Court Fling |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/06/513683537/former-top-security-officials-criticize-trumps-ill-conceived-ban-in-court-filing |publisher=NPR |location=Washington, DC, USA |access-date=6 December 2017 }} This group of critics even includes two prominent Republicans, Michael Hayden and John McLaughlin. The critics argue that, since 11 September 2001, there have been no terrorist attacks in the U.S. that have been caused by any of the people banned by the order. In addition, they say that the suspension could compromise U.S. troops fighting overseas and that it provides propaganda for terrorist organizations like ISIS, as it allows them to proclaim that the U.S. has anti-Islam tendencies. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has said in Washington v. Trump, that the travel ban is not constitutional, but Trump has stated he will continue to try and make it a reality.{{cite web|title=Trump Travel Ban Makes America Less Safe: Ex-Top Security, State Officials|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-travel-ban-makes-america-less-safe-ex-top-security-n717206|publisher=NBC|access-date=14 February 2017|date=6 February 2017}} On 4 December, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of supporting the Trump administrations third installment of the travel ban. This decision will allow full enforcement of the ban to continue after US courts blocked the first two measures of the controversial regulation of travelers. The ban will allow the Trump administration to heavily regulate migration from countries such as Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Venezuela, Yemen and Syria. This comes after President Trump's loss in October from his second ban being blocked by federal judges in Maryland and Hawaii. Active cases against the ban are currently in the lower courts and could dictate if President Trump's third attempt at his travel ban could still be enforced or deemed unconstitutional like his original two efforts. Advocates against the ban include the American Civil Liberties Union which represent several groups challenging the ban and will continue to do so with American Civil Liberties Union's director Omar Jadwat saying "President Trump's anti-Muslim prejudice is no secret."{{cite web |date=4 December 2017 |title=Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Take Effect |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court.html|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=14 February 2017}}

In the 2016 Fiscal Year, the US dramatically increased the number of refugees admitted from Syria, totaling 12,587 refugees from the war-torn country. Ninety-nine percent of these refugees were Muslims (with few Shia Muslims admitted) and approximately one percent were Christian according to the Pew Research Center analysis of State Department Refugee Processing Center data.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/05/u-s-admits-record-number-of-muslim-refugees-in-2016/|title=U.S. admits record number of Muslim refugees in 2016 |publisher=Pew Research Center |last=Connor |first=Phillip |date=5 October 2016 |access-date=2 January 2020 }} The religious breakdown of Syria's 17.2 million people is approximately 74% Sunni Islam, 13% Alawi, Ismaili and Shia Islam, 10% Christian and 3% Druze.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/syria/|title=Middle East :: Syria |work=The World Factbook |date=10 January 2022 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}

The state of religious persecution in the country is described by the State Department: "In Syria, the Assad regime increased its targeting and surveillance of members of a variety of faith groups it deemed a "threat," especially members of the country's Sunni majority. This occurred concurrently with the escalation of violent extremist activity targeted against religious minorities, including Christians, Druze, Alawites, and others as the current civil war continues. Large scale internal and external displacement of all sectors of the population is ongoing"{{cite web|url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/580e4274e58c624696efadc6/t/583c731337c5810ef266008f/1480356628934/Report+to+Congress+for+FY+2016+USRAP.pdf |title=Proposed Refugee Admissions for FY 2016, Report to Congress |publisher=US Department of State}}

In 2017, the US accepted 3,024 Syrian refugees, but only accepted 11 in the first quarter of 2018{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2018/04/12/602022877/the-u-s-has-welcomed-only-11-syrian-refugees-this-year |title=The U.S. Has Accepted Only 11 Syrian Refugees This Year|date=12 April 2018 |access-date=2 January 2020 |work=All Things Considered|publisher=NPR |last=Amos |first=Deborah }}

The topic of US involvement in alleviating the Syrian refugee crisis continues to be a highly contentious issue among legislators, stakeholders, and activists. As instability in the region continues to rise, and the number of people seeking refuge continues to increase, the topic of whether or not to admit Syrian refugees into the United States continues to have a pervasive hold on American affairs, both foreign and domestic. However, the presence of refugees in a country can present opportunities for the state to develop capacity in more marginalized areas.{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Yang-Yang |last2=Shaver |first2=Andrew |title=Reexamining the Effect of Refugees on Civil Conflict: A Global Subnational Analysis |journal=American Political Science Review |date=November 2021 |volume=115 |issue=4 |pages=1175–1196 |doi=10.1017/S0003055421000502|doi-access=free }}

The issue of whether or not to admit Syrian refugees into the US has long been classified as a partisan issue, and the poll results affirm this position. In 2016, 56% of Democrats supported admitting Syrian refugees into the US, compared with 18% of Republicans and 32% of independents.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/press-release/poll-most-americans-oppose-admitting-syrian-refugees-favor-limited-military|title=Poll: Most Americans Oppose Admitting Syrian Refugees, Favor Limited Military Involvement to Combat ISIS in Syria {{!}} Chicago Council on Global Affairs|last=Affairs|first=Chicago Council on Global|website=thechicagocouncil.org|access-date=2018-04-18}} Since the Syrian Refugee Crisis, the United States citizens have been formulating opinions on how to deal with the refugee crisis.

In a CNN/ORC poll conducted in November 2015 when responding to the question "Do you favor or oppose allowing refugees from Syria to seek asylum in the United States? ... Do you favor/oppose that strongly or just somewhat?" 16% of people were strongly in favor, 22% somewhat in favor, 18% somewhat opposed, 43% strongly opposed, and 1% were unsure.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pollingreport.com/immigration.htm|title=Immigration|website=pollingreport.com|access-date=2018-04-22}} Another poll was conducted again in Jan–Feb 2017, asking the same question. This time, 25% of people were strongly in favor, 29% somewhat in favor, 18% somewhat opposed, 27% strongly opposed, and 2% were unsure (margin of error of about 3). These polls show a shift towards more favourable opinions towards letting in Syrian refugees over this period.

In Duke University Law School's Academic Journal, Suman Momin wrote an article entitled A Human Rights Based Approach to Refugees: A Look at the Syrian Refugee Crisis and Responses from Germany and the United States. Momin lays out the most common moral and intrinsic arguments that affect citizens' opinions on refugee issues such as the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Momin introduces the "Good Samaritan" argument, the protection argument, and the political responsibility argument.{{Cite journal|last=Momin|first=Suman|year=2017|title=A HUMAN RIGHTS BASED APPROACH TO REFUGEES: A LOOK AT THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE RESPONSES FROM GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES|url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=dflsc|journal=Duke Forum for Law & Social Change|volume=9|pages=55–79}} The Good Samaritan argument states that people are in favor of helping non-citizens who are refugees as long as they believe that by helping, their own country will not be sacrificing anything. The protection argument stems from the idea that humans care about the rights and lives of others. This argument means that people pay attention to emotional debates that use photos of refugees or play at emotional connections, making people want to protect or save refugees. Finally, the political responsibility argument states that people are more willing to help when they think providing aid or letting in refugees with advance their own country politically. Where Americans stand on these moral rationales is what influences their opinion of foreign policy issues towards Syrian refugees.

In a Quinnipiac University Poll from 16 February through 21 February 2016, responding to the question "Do you support or oppose accepting Syrian refugees into the U.S.?", 74% of Democrats and 43% of Independents were in support of Syrian refugees coming to the US while only 13% of Republicans were in support. 82% of Republicans were opposed to Syrian refugees coming to the US, 51% of Independents and 22% of Democrats. 4% to 5% of people in each party had no answer. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9. This poll indicates that Democrats are largely in favor of Syrian refugees entering the US while Republicans are largely opposed and considering the margin of error, Independents are completely split on the issue.

In another poll taken by Gallup on 30 and 31 January 2017 Gallup asked people "Thinking now about some of the specific actions Donald Trump has taken since he has been in office, would you say you approve or disapprove of indefinitely suspending the United States' Syrian refugee program" 32% of people approved Trump's actions suspending the Syrian refugee program 62% of people disapproved and 6% of people were unsure (margin of error of plus or minus 4).

{{flag|Argentina}} – Argentina decided in September 2013 to offer refuge to thousands of displaced Syrians. As of August 2013, more than three hundred refugee families have already arrived in Argentina.{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/140567/tamara-the-woman-behind-syrian-refugees-in-argentina |title=Tamara, the woman behind Syrian refugees in Argentina |work=Buenos Aires Herald |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=19 October 2015}} In 2016, as a result of the intensifying conflict in Syria, Argentina offered to accept 3,000 refugees.{{Cite news |url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1907966-se-comprometio-el-gobierno-a-recibir-3000-refugiados-de-siria |title=Se comprometió el Gobierno a recibir 3000 refugiados de Siria |work=La Nación |language=es |access-date=11 June 2016 |archive-date=12 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160612131519/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1907966-se-comprometio-el-gobierno-a-recibir-3000-refugiados-de-siria |url-status=dead }}

{{flag|Brazil}} – Brazil is the first country in the Americas to offer humanitarian visas to refugees. Brazil's embassies in countries neighboring Syria issue travel visas and allow for claims on arrival in Brazil.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcr.org/524555689.html |title=UN refugee agency welcomes Brazil announcement of humanitarian visas for Syrians |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |access-date=19 October 2015}} These special humanitarian visas will also be provided to family members living in countries neighbouring Syria. As of November 2015, there are 3,000 Syrian refugees in Brazil.{{cite web|title=Brasil concede nº recorde de refúgios em 2014; sírios já são o maior grupo [Brazil accepts record number of refugees, Syrians are already the biggest group]|url=http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2015/01/brasil-concede-n-recorde-de-refugios-em-2014-sirios-ja-sao-o-maior-grupo.html|website=G1|date=12 January 2015|access-date=18 January 2015|language=pt}}

{{flag|Colombia}} – Colombia accepts refugees that have asked for asylum within Colombia. The refugees are registered with the UNHCR in Bogotá, and receive aid from Pastoral Social, a Colombian NGO that works closely with the UNHCR.{{cite web|url=http://www.new.pastoralsocial.org/saladeprensa/noticias-eventos/item/143-especial-dia-mundial-de-los-refugiados|title=Especial Día Mundial de los Refugiados|publisher=New.pastoralsocial.org|access-date=19 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103935/http://www.new.pastoralsocial.org/saladeprensa/noticias-eventos/item/143-especial-dia-mundial-de-los-refugiados|archive-date=2 February 2016|url-status=dead}}

{{flag|Uruguay}} – As of October 2014, more than 100 Syrian refugees are in Uruguay.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/27/uruguayan-resettlement-scheme-syrian-refugees-lifeline |title=Uruguayan resettlement scheme offers Syrian refugees a lifeline |date=27 August 2014|work=The Guardian}} However, those Syrians resettled in Uruguay want to go back and leave Uruguay.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/americas/uruguay-syrians/index.html |title=Syrians resettled in Uruguay: We want to go back|author=Dario Klein|author2=Rafael Romo|date=9 September 2015|publisher=CNN}}

{{flag|Venezuela}} – In September 2015, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that Venezuela is prepared to give asylum to 20,000 refugees in the wake of the European migrant crisis and Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisis.{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-offers-receive-20-000-syrian-refugees-041036691.html |title=Venezuela offers to receive 20,000 Syrian refugees |date=8 September 2015 |publisher=Yahoo News}} President Maduro defended his decision by asking "how many more Arabs must die before a great human conscience of peace is awakened?". The Venezuelan government supported President Bashar al-Assad when the Syrian civil war started in 2011 and described the conflict as a Western "imperialist" plot to topple him.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-venezuela-idUSKCN0R81HL20150908|title=Venezuela offers to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees|date=8 September 2015|work=Reuters}}

{{flag|Australia}} – In October 2015, Australia announced that it would accept 12,000 Syrian refugees.{{cite news|author-link=Latika Bourke|first=Latika|last=Bourke |url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-agrees-to-resettle-12000-syrian-refugees-in-australia-20150909-gjibqz.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202103935/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-agrees-to-resettle-12000-syrian-refugees-in-australia-20150909-gjibqz.html|archive-date=2 February 2016 |title=Abbott government agrees to resettle 12,000 Syrian refugees in Australia |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=19 October 2015}} By February 2016, Australia had settled 26 refugees.Nicole Hasham, [https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/canada-has-rescued-800-times-more-syrian-refugees-than-australia-figures-show-20160217-gmw7dz.html Canada has rescued 800 times more Syrian refugees than Australia, figures show], The Sydney Morning Herald (17 February 2016). By September 2016, 3,532 people had been resettled, with a further 3,146 visas issued. In addition, another 6,293 people were undergoing health, character and security checks after undergoing interviews.Stephanie Anderson, [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-08/3500-syrian-iraqi-refugees-resettled-in-australia-one-year-on/7827478], ABC News (8 September 2016)

{{flag|Hong Kong}} – In September 2015, the South China Morning Post reported that a Syrian refugee traveled 7,000 km to Hong Kong to seek asylum. The Hong Kong Immigration Department confirmed that the Syrian has filed a non-refoulement claim, which includes both torture and refugee applications with the government, and was later granted refugee status in February 2017. The city has a history of accepting the fewest asylum seekers and refugees with an acceptance rate of 0.6% as compared with 60% in Europe. As of December 2016, only 72 asylum seekers have their claims recognized by the Hong Kong authorities while many of them wait several years to have their claims screened.{{Cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/1856542/syrian-who-fled-hong-kong-applies-asylum-seeker-status|title=Syrian refugee who fled more than 7,000 km to Hong Kong applies for asylum seeker status|last=Ngo|first=Jennifer|date=9 September 2015|website=South China Morning Post}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-crime/article/2068104/ray-hope-hong-kong-recognises-first-syrian-refugee-city|title='Ray of hope' as Hong Kong recognises first Syrian refugee in the city|last=Carvalho|first=Raquel|date=5 February 2017|website=South China Morning Post}}

{{flag|India}} – In September 2015, there were 39 Syrian refugees and 20 asylum seekers seeking registration with the UNHCR in India. Most of them were living in South Delhi.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/syrian-refugees-in-india-struggle-of-the-ones-who-got-away/story-T9D8SdgRyAnk33r9egJINJ.html|title=Syrian refugees in India: Struggle of the ones who got away|date=20 September 2015|website=The Hindustan Times}}

{{flag|Japan}} – In February 2017, The government announced that Japan will accept a total of 300 refugees over 5 years.{{Cite news|title=Syrian refugees invited to Japan set to total 300 through 2021|url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201702030063.html|work=Asahi Shimbun|date=3 February 2017|access-date=30 January 2018}}{{Cite news|title=Japan to accept only 300 refugees over 5 years|url=http://www.euronews.com/2017/02/09/japan-to-accept-only-300-refugees-over-5-years|publisher=Euronews|date=9 February 2017|access-date=30 January 2018}} Japan has only been processing the applications by strictly abiding by the refugee convention, while many countries in Europe, which have seen a sharp increase in Syrian asylum seekers in recent years, have been broadening their refugee definitions and support for asylum seekers.{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/09/10/national/europes-approach-syria-exodus-contrasts-japans-dodging-refugees/|title=Europe's approach to Syria exodus contrasts with Japan's dodging of refugees |date=10 September 2015|work=The Japan Times}} Four Syrian asylum seekers initiated a lawsuit against the Japanese government to seek official refugee status after they were denied refugee status but have been granted tentative residence permits.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/03/09/national/crime-legal/four-syrian-asylum-seekers-sue-japan-refugee-status/|title=Four Syrian asylum seekers to sue for refugee status|work=The Japan Times|date=9 March 2015}}

{{flag|Malaysia}} – In October 2015, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced that at least 3,000 Syrian refugees would be resettled in the country. Malaysia is the first Muslim-majority country to make this offer. Najib stated that Muslim countries were partly responsible for ensuring the well-being of the marginalised Syrians fleeing their country in massive numbers, causing social and economic stresses in Europe, during the migrant crisis.{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/malaysia-to-accept-3-000/2165028.html|title=Malaysia to accept 3,000 Syrian refugees: PM Najib|publisher=Channel NewsAsia|date=1 October 2015|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=6 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306192655/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/malaysia-to-accept-3-000/2165028.html|url-status=dead}} The first batch of refugees arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on 11 December 2015 on a flight arriving from Istanbul, Turkey.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35048291|title=Malaysia accepts first of 3,000 Syrian migrants|publisher=BBC News|date=9 December 2015|access-date=2 March 2017}} The second batch of 68 Syrian refugees arrived at the Subang Air Force Base (outside of Kuala Lumpur) from Beirut, Lebanon in May 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2016/5/28/malaysia-accepts-68-out-of-pledged-3-000-syrian-refugees|title=Malaysia accepts 68 out of pledged 3,000 Syrian refugees|publisher=Al Araby (The New Arab)|date=28 May 2016|access-date=2 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/May-28/354164-malaysia-accepts-68-syrian-refugees.ashx|title=Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees|agency=Agence France-Presse|work=The Daily Star|date=28 May 2016|access-date=2 March 2017|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303222913/https://www.dailystar.com.lb//News/Middle-East/2016/May-28/354164-malaysia-accepts-68-syrian-refugees.ashx|url-status=dead}} In late December 2016, many of the refugees are found begging on the streets of Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web|url=http://english.astroawani.com/malaysia-videos/syrian-refugee-resort-begging-135288|title=Syrian refugee resort to begging|publisher=Astro Awani|date=8 December 2016|access-date=2 March 2017}} As of May 2017, around 1,980 Syrian refugees have been registered in Malaysia with the UNHCR.{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/07/260905/more-150000-unhcr-registered-refugees-asylum-seekers-malaysia|title=More than 150,000 UNHCR-registered refugees, asylum-seekers in Malaysia|date=26 July 2017|access-date=25 October 2017}}

{{flag|New Zealand}} – New Zealand has admitted 83 refugees,"[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11507842 Refugee crisis: What can you do to help?]. The New Zealand Herald. 4 September 2015." and announced a further 750 will be accepted."[http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11508899 NZ to take in hundreds more refugees]. The New Zealand Herald. 7 September 2015."

{{flag|South Korea}} – South Korea has refused to offer any resettlement places to refugees. The number of Syrian refugees who have applied for asylum in South Korea number 918 in total since 1994, expected to grow to over 1,000 by the end of 2015. There were only 3 applicants before 2011, but the number greatly increased due to the Syrian civil war in 2011.{{Cite news|url =http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2015/09/07/story_n_8097424.html|title =한국은 난민신청 시리아인 713명 중 3명을 받아들였다(South Korea accepted 3 Syrian Refugees of 713).|date =7 September 2015|work =Huffingtonpost Korea|access-date =3 November 2016|archive-date =3 March 2016|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160303151126/http://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2015/09/07/story_n_8097424.html|url-status =dead}} At the end of September 2015, the Ministry of Justice in South Korea said there are 848 Syrian asylum seekers in South Korea. Of those, 3 asylum seekers were accepted as refugees, which is an acceptance rate of less than 0.3%.{{Cite news|url = http://news.donga.com/3/all/20151121/74909618/1|title = 시리아 난민 10월에만 70명 국내 입국… IS대원 잠입 우려에도 심사-관리 허술 (70 Syrian Refugees entering South Korea in October).|date = 21 November 2015|work = 동아뉴스(dongA News)}} 631 people were permitted their residence on humanitarian grounds, 9 people decided not to accept refugee status and 75 withdrew their application; in total, 718 people had their status determined. The remaining 130 Syrians are still having their status determined.{{Cite news|url = http://www.mediatoday.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=126203 |title= 저희도 성경책 있고 BB탄 총 있는데요|date = 20 November 2015|work = 미디어오늘(Mediatoday)}} South Korea has been giving aid to Syrian refugees for a few years. The Korean government and NGOs provided support to set up about 2,000 refugee tents in Zaatari, Jordan. There are small parts called 'Korean villages' in the camp, where refugees can learn 'Taekwondo', Korean martial arts and can enroll in some education programs. The Korean government said that "it has spent $27 million in aiding refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and South Sudan etc. in 2015".{{Cite news|url = http://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1003192422&plink=ORI&cooper=NAVER|title = 개발 지원에서 난민 구호까지…세계 속 한국(Korea for helping refugees)|date = 28 September 2015|work = SBS NEWS}}{{Cite news|url = http://imnews.imbc.com/replay/2015/nwtoday/article/3779991_17828.html|title = 시리아 난민 손 잡는 한국, '난민 건강 증진' 지원 확대 (Korea government expand their aid for Syrian Refugees)|date = 29 September 2015|work = MBC NEWS}}

{{flag|Turkmenistan}} – Since July 1985, some Syrian refugees were going to Turkmenistan, because of the political Turkmenistani-Syrian relations. There is also a community of 55 Turkmenistanis in Syria.

Financial aid from government, non-government, and private donors to support Syrian refugees is largely channeled through established aid organizations, and national government agencies. These organizations and agencies deliver aid directly to refugees in the form of food, education, housing, clothing and medical care, along with migration and resettlement services. Complete figures for aid delivery since 2011 are not available. The table below shows cumulative known aid delivered by the largest aid organizations, between April 2011 and December 2015.{{Cite web|url =https://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=search-reporting_display&CQ=cq200216022450sdaTplCc6C|title =Syrian refugee aid expenditures report|date =December 2015|access-date =20 February 2016|website =Financial Tracking Service|publisher =United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)}}{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Figures above are donations to international organizations as compiled by the Financial Tracking Service, of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs{{Cite web|title=Financial Tracking Service (FTS) » Tracking Global Humanitarian Aid Flows|url=https://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=home|website=fts.unocha.org|access-date=19 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413000334/https://fts.unocha.org/pageloader.aspx?page=home|archive-date=13 April 2016|url-status=dead}} Not included are: government spending on domestic hosting and resettlement. Private donations are from individuals and organizations. United Nation's donations are from unearmarked funds not attributable to specific member states. Figures for Turkey include expenditures not tracked by the FTS.{{cite web|url=https://huffingtonpost.com/entry/turkey-syrian-refugees_us_55fbd728e4b08820d9183073|title=Turkey Has Spent Nearly $8 Billion Caring For 2.2 Million Syrian Refugees|date=18 September 2015|work=HuffPost}}{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/23873-turkey-spent-20-times-more-than-international-aid-agencies-on-refugees|title=Turkey spent 20 times more than international aid agencies on refugees|work=Middle East Monitor|access-date=10 March 2016|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310190720/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/23873-turkey-spent-20-times-more-than-international-aid-agencies-on-refugees|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, the Finnish comedy-drama film The Other Side of Hope features a Syrian asylum seeker looking for his sister in Finland while being taken in by an aspiring Finnish restaurateur.{{cite web|title=The Other Side of Hope (2017)|url=https://www.criterion.com/films/29253-the-other-side-of-hope|website=The Criterion Collection|access-date=December 16, 2024}} In the same year, the Turkish drama film The Guest: Aleppo-Istanbul tells the story of an eight-year-old Syrian girl and her toddler sister who were orphaned during the war and seeking refuge with other Syrians in Istanbul.{{cite news|author=Egypt Today staff|title=The Guest: A movie about Syrian refugees in Cannes Festival|url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/5522/The-Guest-A-movie-about-Syrian-refugees-in-Cannes-Festival|access-date=16 December 2024|work=Egypt Today|date=22 May 2017|location=Cairo}} The 2023 British drama film The Old Oak features Syrian refugees assisting a British pub owner in restoring his titular pub after it declined during a rough economy.{{cite web|title=The Old Oak – Ken Loach|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/the-old-oak/|website=Festival de Cannes|date=26 May 2023 |access-date=16 December 2024}}

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• Cuban exiles
• Libyan refugees
• North Korean defectors
• Refugees of Iraq
• Displacement during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict
• Refugees on Jeju Island
• Return of refugees of the Syrian civil war
• Spillover of the Syrian civil war
• Syrian diaspora
• Ukrainian refugee crisis
• Venezuelan refugee crisis
• Vietnamese boat people

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