POLICY BR I EF - Returning Home? Why Pushing Syrian Refugees To Return Is Unlikely To Be Effective

recruited a representative sample of Syrians in Lebanon, Respondents were also asked how they get information meaning the survey data enables the researchers to about conditions in Syria and what sources they rely draw conclusions about the full population of Syrians on (family and friends, social media, official news in the country. [...] In surveys, a head of household of media, NGOs, etc.) Between February 2020 and June either gender was asked a series of questions related to 2021, thirty-six semi-structured qualitative interviews their return intentions, living conditions in Lebanon, were conducted with a separate sample of Syrian conditions in their places of origin in Syria, and the refugees living in Lebanon. [...] The point estimates present the predicted change in the probability of intending to return corresponding to a one standard deviation increase in the index. [...] This suggests that prediction, we do not find strong evidence that the a change in economic or social conditions in either availability of jobs and public services in Lebanon and country will not influence return if the safety situation 5 Returning Home? Why Pushing Syrian Refugees To Return Is Unlikely To Be Effective Stanford | ETH Zurich FIG. [...] Return in 1 year Return in 2 years Return ever Urban/rural: Syrians living in informal tent settlements in Lebanon were more likely to say they intend to return than those living in urban areas.