Emergency Assistance - Country-Level Funding for the Middle East - UNHCR 2019-2021

July 2019 – Humanitarian needs stemming from the crises in Syria and Iraq remain significant throughout the Middle East. Continued violence in Syria raises little prospects for the voluntary safe sustainable and dignified return of over 5.6 million refugees in the region. Internally displaced persons range in the millions in Syria and Iraq and refugees facing protracted displacement in host countries continue to face acute humanitarian needs in Jordan and Lebanon. With the support of GAC and other donors the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides assistance and protection to refugees internally-displaced persons and other persons of concern in Iraq Jordan Lebanon and Syria. Project activities include: (1) providing shelter clothing and other essential non-food items; (2) providing adequate water sanitation and health services including in reproductive health; (3) providing opportunities for education and livelihoods support; (4) providing protection including against sexual and gender-based violence child protection and working with governments to register asylum seekers and refugees and help issue identity documents; (5) working with governments to support refugee self-reliance and forge peaceful relations between refugees and local citizens; and (6) expanding opportunities for durable solutions for people of concern.

The expected outcome for this project is improved access to assistance and protection services for refugees internally-displaced persons and those who are stateless in order to meet their basic human needs and restore their livelihoods. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.