Mission Report, XB-Turkey / Syria and Lebanon, February 2016

At the time of the release of ECHO’s 2016 Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) for the Syria Regional Crisis, an estimated 12.2 million Syrians are believed to be in need of humanitarian assistance. Additionally, more than 5.6 million people were internally displaced, with approximately 4.6 million residing in so-called hard-to-reach areas, including 422,000 people in areas besieged by either government forces or non-state armed groups. More than four million Syrians reside in neighbouring countries, with Turkey hosting 1.9 million refugees, followed by 1.1 million in Lebanon and 629,000 in Jordan[1]. The high number of those affected coupled with their needs largely outweigh and surpass the capacity of humanitarian actors to respond, both physically and financially, with ECHO's response not able to sufficiently cover all of the most urgent needs.

[1] ECHO. HIP 2016, Syria Regional Crisis