According to the latest data from the Crisis Desk established by the Democratic Autonomous Administration, which continues to host refugees from Lebanon, 20,206 people from Lebanon have arrived in the region so far.

Şêxmûs Ehmed, Co-Chair of the Refugee Affairs Office of the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, said that the Autonomous Administration has opened its doors to the returning Syrians since the outbreak of the war in Lebanon.

Şêxmûs Ehmed noted that the Autonomous Administration has established centres and camps for those who have no relatives and homes in the region, and noted that more than 50 families were settled in Ednaniyê Camp established in Raqqa by the Social Affairs and Labourers Committee of Raqqa Canton.

Şêxmûs Ehmed stated that the Autonomous Administration has provided the migrants and refugees with tents, food, health services, blankets and other needs from the first day. He added that concerned organisations did not provide assistance to the migrants staying in the camps, so the Autonomous Administration took the families settled in cities to the Mehmûdlî Camp in Tabqa Canton.

Şêxmûs Ehmed emphasised that after the families were settled in Mehmûdlî Camp, their names were registered, and they will be given a monthly allowance as well as daily bread and fuel aid at the beginning of December. He said that the Autonomous Administration has always offered solutions to humanitarian issues, but the Turkish state has attacked and bombed the strategic and economic infrastructure of the region.

Calling upon the international forces and humanitarian organisations of the UN, the Arab League and the European Union to take a serious stance against the attacks of the Turkish state, Şêxmûs Ehmed stated that the region needs international aid and protection. Ehmed said that international forces should open the Til Kocher border crossing for the passage of humanitarian aid to North and East Syria.