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Syrian diaspora refers to
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Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people
Syrians ( ar, سُورِيُّون, ''Sūriyyīn'') are an Eastern Mediterranean ethnic group indigenous to the Levant. They share common Levantine Semitic roots. The cultural and linguistic heritage of the Syrian people is a blend of both indi ...
and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War.
The number of Syrians outside Syria is estimated to be from 8 to 13 million, nearly half of the country's population. The UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integrati ...
reports that 4.9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals. The Syrian nationality law
Syrian nationality law is the law governing the acquisition, transmission and loss of Syrian citizenship. Syrian citizenship is the status of being a citizen of the Republic of Syria and it can be obtained by birth or naturalization. The Syri ...
does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return
The right of return is a principle in international law which guarantees everyone's right of voluntary return to, or re-entry to, their country of origin or of citizenship. The right of return is part of the broader human rights concept freedom of ...
to Syria, and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law, the Assad
Asad ( ar, أسد), sometimes written as Assad, is an Arabic male given name literally meaning " lion". It is used in nicknames such as ''Asad Allāh'', one of the by-names for Ali ibn Abi Talib.
People
Among prominent people named ''Asad'', ...
government confiscated property of millions of Syrians.
Populations
See also
* Lebanese diaspora *List of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan
Syrian refugee camps in Jordan were built following the influx of 1.4 million Syrians in Jordan, Syrians, escaping the Syrian Civil War. There are 5 Syrian refugee camps in Jordan, 3 of which are official while the rest are temporary. However, on ...
*Little Syria, Manhattan
Little Syria ( ar, سوريا الصغيرة) was a diverse neighborhood that existed in the New York City borough of Manhattan from the late 1880s until the 1940s., pp.76-77; Two other sections of New York were singled out as particularly Syrian i ...
* Refugees of the Syrian Civil War
*Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan
Refugees in Jordan rose with the uprising against the Syrian government and its President Bashar al-Assad. Close to 13,000 Syrians per day began pouring into Jordan to reside in its refugee camps.
As a small, aid-dependent country already sufferi ...
*Syrians in Lebanon
Syrians in Lebanon ( ar, السوريون في لبنان) refers to the Syrian migrant workers and, more recently, to the Syrian refugees who fled to Lebanon during the Syrian Civil War. The relationship between Lebanon and Syria includes Maroni ...
*Syrian refugee camps
Syrian refugee camp and shelters are temporary settlements built to receive internally displaced people and refugees of the Syrian Civil War. Of the estimated 7 million persons displaced within Syria, only a small minority live in camps or colle ...
References
External links
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