North-west Syria: Cross-border Humanitarian Response Fact Sheet (February 2020)
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Since the start of 2020, UNHCR has delivered core relief items and shelter materials to assist 87,400 individuals in northwest Syria.
UNHCR has sent 71 trucks across the border in 2020, carrying humanitarian supplies like blankets, hygiene kits, mattresses and tents.
In 2020, through its partners, UNHCR has provided protection services, such as information dissemination and referrals, to over 17,400 individuals.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS
Prior to the new wave of violence that has started in mid-December 2019, over 2.8 million people, out of a total population of 4 million living in north-west Syria, were estimated to be in need of humanitarian assistance. The 960,000 newly displaced people because of this latest escalation in hostilities in Idleb and western Aleppo are part of a much larger displaced population that shares a now saturated area with the host community: more than 400,000 new IDPs have found shelter in Aleppo and over 555,000 in Idleb. The fighting has caused the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including health facilities, schools, bakeries, and has disrupted the provision of basic services in the region, thus further deteriorating an already dire situation for the population. Most of the new IDPs are women and children and a high number are people with specific needs. Protracted IDPs share the same urgent needs as new IDPs.
In January, the UN Security Council Resolution that enables the cross-border humanitarian response was renewed for six months until 10 July 2020.
A Readiness and Response Plan for north-west Syria is still in play and outlines the planned response to the cross-border team in Turkey.