REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Response partners are prioritizing interventions to provide safe water and sanitation to combat the risk of disease as temperatures continue to rise. Children are particularly susceptible as refugees face overcrowding in camps as well as inadequate shelter facilities in host communities.
The tense security situation in Lebanon continues to hinder agencies‘ access, particularly in northern Bekaa, Tripoli and Saida.
The protection space available to Syrian refugees is severely constrained in Iraq. The Peshkapor border crossing between Syria and the Kurdistan Region, which is hosting 95 per cent of Iraq’s Syrian refugees, has been closed since 19 May. The Al Qa’im border has been closed since 29 March. Borders are open for refugees wishing to return to Syria.
Turkey is currently hosting some 200,000 Syrian refugees in 15 tent cities and five container (prefabricated caravan) sites and this figure is likely to increase. The 20 camps in provinces include three new locations that are receiving refugees. Refugees receive a health screening and children are vaccinated upon admission.