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DRC has been delivering humanitarian and durable solutions programming in response to various crises in Lebanon since 2004, working with Palestinian, Iraqi and Syrian refugees, and also with vulnerable Lebanese host populations, including those affected by the conflict escalation in 2024.
Lebanon continues to face the impacts of successive crises and new cycles of displacement. Throughout the Syria Crisis, Lebanon hosted approximately 1.5 million Syria refugees, the highest refugee per capita ratio globally, while also experiencing an economic and financial collapse since 2019 which has greatly increased the vulnerability of the Lebanese population.
The conflict between Hezbollah and Israel prompted the displacement of over 1 million people in 2024, and ongoing ceasefire violations cause repeated displacement for communities. While some Syrian refugees have returned to Syria, Lebanon has also seen the arrival of new Syrian refugees since the fall of the Assad government.
DRC Lebanon’s focus is to improve the protective environment and the living conditions of displacement-affected populations, as well as contributing to the achievement of durable solutions.
DRC’s programme in Lebanon provides emergency response to new shocks, addresses ongoing humanitarian needs and develops long term solutions to displacement through protection, economic recovery and mine action initiatives.
DRC works with a range of stakeholders including local and national partners, diaspora and local authorities to ensure programming is grounded in local context and sustainable.
