1. How many official camps in the Middle & Near East? 36 camps in Turkey (22), Iraq (1), Kurdish Regional Government, Iraq (8), Jordan (5)

2. How many registered Syrians by UNHCR (as of July 2016)? 4 819 828

3. How many Syrians are registered and living in camps in the five neighboring countries? 456 485 or less than 10% registered Syrians

4. How big is the biggest refugee camp in the Middle East? Zaatari in Jordan, 79 326

5. How many Syrian asylum-seekers in Europe 2011-2016? 1 066 844

6. How many official Syrian asylum-seekers in the Arab Gulf-countries? 0

7. How many Syrian refugees in the US 2011-16? Less than 10 000

 

 Update July, 2016

 

Country	Camp or location	Registered Syrians
	In total 36 official camps and one settlement in five neighbouring countres to Syria as follows:
Turkey	22 government run camps Total population in and outside camps	2 739 326
	Adiyaman, Akcakale, Altinozokou Tekel, Altinozokou Boynuyogun,  Beydagi, Ceylanpinar, Harran, Islahiye 1, Karkamis, K.Maras, Osmaniye, Saricam, Suruç, Viransehir, Kilis Oncupinar camp, Nizip camp, Karkamis camp, Kahramanmaraş refugee camp, Yayladag refugee camp	217 000
Lebanon	No official camps, but settlements in five different regions Total population in and outside camps/settlements	1 003 513
	Beirut & Mount Lebanon governates	298 885
	Bekaa valley governate	363 417
	South Lebanon governate	118 761
	North Lebanon	252 450
Jordan	Five governmental/UNHCR-camps Total population in and outside camps	657 433
	Zarqa gov, no camp	47 878
	Emirati Jordanian camp	7 108
	Azraq camp	54 750
	Irbid gov, no camp	143 029
	King Abdullah Park Refugee Camp	670
	Cyber city camp	311
	Amman gov, no camp	173 278
	Maan gov, no camp	7 239
	Zaatari refugee camp	79 326
	Balqa gov	19 587
	Karak gov	8 610
	Jarash gov	9 944
	Madaba gov	10 854
	Ajlum gov	8 375
	Aqaba gov	3 348
	Tafilah gov	1 555
Iraq	Nine camps and one settlements Total population in and outside camps	249 169
	Duhok, no camp	36 108
	Domiz 1 camp	40 471
	Domiz 2 camp	7 662
	Gawilan camp	7 594
	Akre settlement	1 240
	Suleimaniyah, non camp	23 744
	Arbat camp	7 391
	Erbil, non camp	85 403
	Kawergosh camp	10 170
	Basirma camp	3 540
	Qushtapa camp	6 752
	Darashakran camp	10 982
	Anbar	2 982
	Al Obaidi	1 518
	Other parts of Iraq	1 345
Egypt		117 168
	Total, July 2016:	4 819 828
	Syrian asylum seekers in Europe from 2011 until May 2016	1 066 844

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Compiled by Johan Gärde, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Ersta Sköndal högskola, Sweden

Contact info: johan.garde@esh.se

Sources:

UNHCR : http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php

http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=224

Other sources :

http://leftfootforward.org/2015/09/what-life-is-like-in-a-turkish-refugee-camp/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_refugee_camps

http://syrianrefugees.eu/?page_id=80

http://www.unrefugees.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Syria-Refugees-in-Turkey-Adiyaman-Camp-02.jpg

https://en.qantara.de/content/the-shatila-refugee-camp-in-beirut-overwhelmed-and-under-strain

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/12/daily-life-shatila-refugee-camp-2014122863012886512.