UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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September 2016 – The Syria Crisis has undermined security and stability in the Middle East and has resulted in unprecedented humanitarian needs. Now in its sixth year, the conflict in Syria has led to the worst displacement crisis in the world. Millions of internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugees, stateless persons and asylum seekers in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Turkey are vulnerable to violence, food and income insecurity, health risks, and sexual and gender-based violence. Canada is helping to reduce the vulnerability of millions of crisis-affected people, especially women and children, through a broad spectrum of humanitarian assistance activities across Syria and in refugee hosting countries. GAC’s multi-year humanitarian support to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey is contributing to improved living conditions, livelihoods and protection for vulnerable populations, especially women and girls. In Egypt, project activities include: (1) improving freedom of movement for people of concern; (2) supporting the enrollment of up to 35,000 registered children in primary education; (3) providing cash assistance to people of concern; and (4) supporting the resettlement of refugees in third countries. In Jordan, project activities include: (1) providing cash assistance to Syrian refugee and asylum-seeker families; (2) providing medical referrals to secondary and tertiary care for Syrian refugees and asylum-seekers; and (3) supporting the enrollment of up to 15,000 registered non-Syrian refugee children in primary education. In Lebanon, project activities include: (1) registering up to 18,000 non-Syrian refugees; (2) supporting access to secondary and tertiary medical care for Syrian refugees and asylum seekers; (3) supporting the enrollment of up to 118,980 Syrian refugees and asylum-seekers in primary education; (4) providing basic domestic items to Syrian refugee and asylum-seeker households; and (5) providing legal assistance and protection services. In Turkey, project activities include: (1) providing psychological support to vulnerable persons; (2) providing cash-based assistance conflict-affected families; (3) providing core relief items to Syrian and Iraqi families; and (4) supporting the resettlement of up to 7,300 refugee families. In Iraq, project activities include: (1) registering Syrian refugees in Iraq; (2) providing protection services and psychosocial support; and (3) providing legal and cash assistance to conflict-affected people, including asylum seekers and stateless persons.