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IOM appeals for 254 mln U.S. dollars for 2016 Syria operations

Xinhua, December 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

The International Organization of Migrants (IOM) on Tuesday said that it is appealing to the international community for 254,332,199 U.S. dollars for its 2016 Operations in Syria.

This money will be used for the humanitarian response plan (HRP) and the regional refugee and resilience plan (3RP), the organization said.

"Our strategy for Syria is twofold: to continue to respond in a timely way to new displacements through strategic pre-positioning at the borders and inside Syria, while also enhancing our livelihood programmes to restore and create coping mechanisms for people affected by the crisis," said IOM Director of Operations and Emergencies Mohammed Abdiker.

Almost five years into the armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, the situation continues to deteriorate. According to IOM, some 13.5 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance inside Syria, including 6.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs), and nearly 5 million people are living in hard to reach or besieged areas.

In 2016, IOM said its operations inside Syria will target 4 million people with essential humanitarian interventions in the sectors of shelter, non-food items, camp coordination and camp management, as well as health and protection and etc.

In addition, IOM said it will increase its food security, early recovery, livelihood and education programming as part of its newly endorsed resilience strategy.

IOM will also continue to provide coordination and logistic services to humanitarian partners engaged in the Syria response, through needs and population monitoring, the provision of free-of-charge surface transportation from Jordan, and the management of emergency stocks in its warehouse in Gaziantep.

According IOM, in 2015 its operations in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq, and Egypt provided assistance through shelter and basic needs activities, livelihood support, protection, health, and facilitation of transport to over 600,000 individuals. Endit