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Syrian diaspora

February 16, 2024

Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants, or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War.

Syrian diaspora
Total population
From 8 to possibly 15 million[1]
Languages
Native: Syrian Arabic
Also Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, French, English, German, Swedish, Finnish, Turkish
Religion
Islam, Christianity, Druze, Syrian Jews
Map of the Syrian diaspora around the world.
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Two Syrian women in NYC, 1916.
Syrian baklava maker in Little Syria in 1916.
Syrian immigrant children on Washington Street in Lower Manhattan in 1916.
Syrian folk group in Brazil.

The estimated number of people of Syrian descent residing outside Syria ranges from 8 to 13 million.[2]: 1  The UNHCR reports that 4.9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals.[3] The Syrian nationality law does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return to Syria, and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law, the Assad government confiscated property of millions of Syrians.[4][5]

Populations edit

See also: Refugees of the Syrian civil war § Total displacement of Syrians per country
Country Estimate Upper Estimate Region Country article in English Wikipedia
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  Brazil 1,000,000 according to a research conducted by IBGE in 2008, covering only the states of Amazonas, Paraíba, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal, 0.9% of caucasoid Brazilian respondents said they had family origins in the Middle East[6] 4,000,000 people of Syrian ancestry (according to Brazilian government)[7] South America Syrian Brazilian
  Turkey 3,611,834 registered (December 2018)[8] Europe
Asia 		Syrians in Turkey
  Lebanon 950,334 registered (December 2018)[9] Middle East Syrians in Lebanon
  Jordan 671,148 registered (December 2018)[10] 1,400,000 estimated (August 2015)[11] Middle East Syrians in Jordan
  Germany 1,225,000 (2022)[12] European Union Syrians in Germany
  Argentina 1,500,000 2,000,000 South America Syrian Argentine
  Saudi Arabia 100,000 449,000 Middle East Syrians in Saudi Arabia
  Iraq 252,772 estimated (December 2018)[13] Middle East
  Sudan 250,000 estimated (2017)[14] Africa
  United Arab Emirates >250,000 estimated (2016)[15][16] Middle East Syrians in the United Arab Emirates
  Sweden 242،150 (2019)[17][18][19][20][21] European Union Syrians in Sweden
  United States 187,331 (by ancestry, 2016 U.S Census Bureau) [22] 286,200 North America Syrian American
  Egypt 132,553 estimated (December 2018)[23] North Africa and Middle East
  Kuwait 120,000 estimated (2015)[24] Middle East Syrians in Kuwait
  Canada 98,250 (by ancestry, 2021 Census)[25] North America Syrian Canadian
  Greece 88,204 (2015)[26] European Union Syrians in Greece
  Austria 68,000 (2019)[27][28] European Union Syrians in Austria
  France 44,000 (2020)[29] European Union Syrians in France
  Australia 29,096 (Syrian-born resident, 2021)[30] Oceania Syrian Australians
  Israel 24,800 (2019)[31] 115,000 Middle East
  Venezuela 15,632 (Syrian-born resident, 2015)[32] 1,000,000 Venezuelans of Syrian descent[33][34][35][36] Latin America Syrian Venezuelan
  Finland 10,403 (2022)[37] European Union Syrians in Finland
  Algeria 10,000[38] (Jan 2013) 25,000 estimated[38] (Jan 2013) North Africa
  United Kingdom 8,848 England & Wales[39] unknown in Scotland[40] and 2,000 in Northern Ireland.[41] (2019)[42]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Singh, Shubha. . Theindian News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  2. ^ Ferris, Elizabeth; Kerisci, Kemal (2016). The Consequences of Chaos: Syria's Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect. Washington: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815729525. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "Figures at a Glance". UNHCR. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Syria: 'Absentees law' could see millions of refugees lose lands | Syria News | Al Jazeera".
  5. ^ "Syria: Residents Blocked From Returning | Human Rights Watch". 2018-10-16.
  6. ^ IBGE. IBGE: Características Étnico-Raciais da População 2016-01-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ . www.itamaraty.gov.br. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  8. ^ . UNHCR. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 March 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. ^ "UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response/ Lebanon". UNHCR. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. ^ "UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response/ Jordan". UNHCR. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  11. ^ ""الغذاء العالمي" يوقف مساعدة لاجئين سوريين في الأردن". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Bevölkerung in Privathaushalten 2022 nach Migrationshintergrund". Statistisches Bundesamt. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  13. ^ "UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response/ Iraq". UNHCR. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Sudan imposes security clearance ahead of citizenship for Syrian refugees". 9 August 2017.
  15. ^ AP. "UAE home to 242,000 Syrians".
  16. ^ "The UAE is going to start taking in Syrian refugees - What's On Dubai". 29 September 2016.
  17. ^ . Statistics Sweden. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  18. ^ "Antalet asylsökande från Syrien har fördubblats". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  19. ^ . Statistics Sweden. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  20. ^ . Statistics Sweden. Archived from the original on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  21. ^ "Befolkning efter födelseland, ålder, kön och år". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  22. ^ "SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2016 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  23. ^ "UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response/ Egypt". UNHCR. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  24. ^ . UNHCR. 2 September 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  25. ^ Statistics Canada (2023-02-01). "2021 Ethnic Origin, both sexes, age (total), Canada, 2021 Census – 25% Sample data: Data tables". Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  26. ^ Bouras, Stelios (2 September 2015). "Financially Strapped Greece Struggles With Flood of Refugees/". WSJ. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  27. ^ "BMI" (PDF). www.bmi.gv.at.
  28. ^ STATISTIK AUSTRIA. "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit und Geburtsland". Retrieved 8 August 2015.[permanent dead link]
  29. ^ "Syriens en France 2022". 21 June 2023. from the original on 2023-08-18. Retrieved 2023-08-18.
  30. ^ "2021 People in Australia who were born in Syria, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
  31. ^ CBS. "Jews, by Country of Origin and Age" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  32. ^ "Table 16: Total migrant stock at mid-year by origin and by major area, region, country or area of destination, 2015". United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  33. ^ Jordan, Levi. "Syria Steps into Latin America". Americas Society Council of the Americas. Retrieved 15 January 2017. Syria hopes will serve as an avenue to attract investment dollars from the one-million-strong community of Venezuelans of Syrian descent
  34. ^ Vasquez, Fidel (October 2010). (in Spanish). Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017. En Venezuela residen un poco más de 700 mil árabes de origen sirio
  35. ^ Nachawati, Leila (March 2013). "Cómo será recordado Chávez en Siria" (in Spanish). ElDiario.es. Retrieved 15 January 2017. Se calcula que cerca de un millón de habitantes del país tiene origen sirio, personal o familiar.
  36. ^ Gomez, Diego (Feb 2012). "EL LEVANTE Y AMÉRICA LATINA. UNA BITÁCORA DE LATINOAMÉRICA EN SIRIA, LÍBANO, JORDANIA Y PALESTINA". distintaslatitudes.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 January 2017. de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadística de Venezuela, cerca de un millón de venezolanos tienen orígenes sirios y más de 20 mil venezolanos están registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco.
  37. ^ "Why Finland May Not Let Some Asylum Seekers Stay, Despite Needing Them".
  38. ^ a b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "UNHCR - Algeria". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  39. ^ "2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  40. ^ "Country of birth (detailed)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  41. ^ "Country of Birth – Full Detail: QS206NI". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  42. ^ "ONS estimates for 2019".

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February 16, 2024
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Syrian diaspora refers to Syrian people and their descendants who chose or were forced to emigrate from Syria and now reside in other countries as immigrants or as refugees of the Syrian Civil War Syrian diasporaTotal populationFrom 8 to possibly 15 million 1 LanguagesNative Syrian ArabicAlso Brazilian Portuguese Dutch Spanish French English German Swedish Finnish TurkishReligionIslam Christianity Druze Syrian JewsMap of the Syrian diaspora around the world Syria 1 000 000 100 000 10 000 1 000Two Syrian women in NYC 1916 Syrian baklava maker in Little Syria in 1916 Syrian immigrant children on Washington Street in Lower Manhattan in 1916 Syrian folk group in Brazil The estimated number of people of Syrian descent residing outside Syria ranges from 8 to 13 million 2 1 The UNHCR reports that 4 9 million global refugees in 2015 were Syrian nationals 3 The Syrian nationality law does not grant diaspora Syrians an automatic right of return to Syria and under the controversial 2018 Absentees Law the Assad government confiscated property of millions of Syrians 4 5 Contents 1 Populations 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksPopulations editSee also Refugees of the Syrian civil war Total displacement of Syrians per country Country Estimate Upper Estimate Region Country article in English Wikipedia nbsp Brazil 1 000 000 according to a research conducted by IBGE in 2008 covering only the states of Amazonas Paraiba Sao Paulo Rio Grande do Sul Mato Grosso and Distrito Federal 0 9 of caucasoid Brazilian respondents said they had family origins in the Middle East 6 4 000 000 people of Syrian ancestry according to Brazilian government 7 South America Syrian Brazilian nbsp Turkey 3 611 834 registered December 2018 8 EuropeAsia Syrians in Turkey nbsp Lebanon 950 334 registered December 2018 9 Middle East Syrians in Lebanon nbsp Jordan 671 148 registered December 2018 10 1 400 000 estimated August 2015 11 Middle East Syrians in Jordan nbsp Germany 1 225 000 2022 12 European Union Syrians in Germany nbsp Argentina 1 500 000 2 000 000 South America Syrian Argentine nbsp Saudi Arabia 100 000 449 000 Middle East Syrians in Saudi Arabia nbsp Iraq 252 772 estimated December 2018 13 Middle East nbsp Sudan 250 000 estimated 2017 14 Africa nbsp United Arab Emirates gt 250 000 estimated 2016 15 16 Middle East Syrians in the United Arab Emirates nbsp Sweden 242 150 2019 17 18 19 20 21 European Union Syrians in Sweden nbsp United States 187 331 by ancestry 2016 U S Census Bureau 22 286 200 North America Syrian American nbsp Egypt 132 553 estimated December 2018 23 North Africa and Middle East nbsp Kuwait 120 000 estimated 2015 24 Middle East Syrians in Kuwait nbsp Canada 98 250 by ancestry 2021 Census 25 North America Syrian Canadian nbsp Greece 88 204 2015 26 European Union Syrians in Greece nbsp Austria 68 000 2019 27 28 European Union Syrians in Austria nbsp France 44 000 2020 29 European Union Syrians in France nbsp Australia 29 096 Syrian born resident 2021 30 Oceania Syrian Australians nbsp Israel 24 800 2019 31 115 000 Middle East nbsp Venezuela 15 632 Syrian born resident 2015 32 1 000 000 Venezuelans of Syrian descent 33 34 35 36 Latin America Syrian Venezuelan nbsp Finland 10 403 2022 37 European Union Syrians in Finland nbsp Algeria 10 000 38 Jan 2013 25 000 estimated 38 Jan 2013 North Africa nbsp United Kingdom 8 848 England amp Wales 39 unknown in Scotland 40 and 2 000 in Northern Ireland 41 2019 42 See also editLebanese diaspora List of Syrian refugee camps in Jordan Little Syria Manhattan Refugees of the Syrian Civil War Refugees of the Syrian Civil War in Jordan Syrians in Lebanon Syrian refugee campsReferences edit Singh Shubha Like India Syria has a large diaspora With stories on Syrian president s visit Theindian News Archived from the original on 16 October 2014 Retrieved 15 March 2014 Ferris Elizabeth Kerisci Kemal 2016 The Consequences of Chaos Syria s Humanitarian Crisis and the Failure to Protect Washington Brookings Institution Press ISBN 9780815729525 Retrieved 11 June 2017 Refugees United Nations High Commissioner for Figures at a Glance UNHCR Retrieved 11 June 2017 Syria Absentees law could see millions of refugees lose lands Syria News Al Jazeera Syria Residents Blocked From Returning Human Rights Watch 2018 10 16 IBGE IBGE Caracteristicas Etnico Raciais da Populacao Archived 2016 01 20 at the Wayback Machine Syrian Arabic Republic www itamaraty gov br Archived from the original on 2017 08 13 Retrieved 2015 09 23 UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response Turkey UNHCR 31 December 2015 Archived from the original on 5 March 2018 Retrieved 17 January 2016 UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response Lebanon UNHCR 10 December 2015 Retrieved 29 December 2015 UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response Jordan UNHCR 10 December 2015 Retrieved 29 December 2015 الغذاء العالمي يوقف مساعدة لاجئين سوريين في الأردن Al Araby Al Jadeed 4 September 2015 Retrieved 5 September 2015 Bevolkerung in Privathaushalten 2022 nach Migrationshintergrund Statistisches Bundesamt Retrieved 18 August 2023 UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response Iraq UNHCR 28 February 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2015 Sudan imposes security clearance ahead of citizenship for Syrian refugees 9 August 2017 AP UAE home to 242 000 Syrians The UAE is going to start taking in Syrian refugees What s On Dubai 29 September 2016 Var femte asylsokande kom fran Syrien Statistics Sweden Archived from the original on 14 August 2014 Retrieved 20 March 2015 Antalet asylsokande fran Syrien har fordubblats Statistics Sweden Retrieved 20 March 2015 Storsta folkokningen nagonsin Statistics Sweden Archived from the original on 25 March 2015 Retrieved 20 March 2015 Stor okning av ensamkommande flyktingbarn Statistics Sweden Archived from the original on 22 March 2015 Retrieved 20 March 2015 Befolkning efter fodelseland alder kon och ar Statistics Sweden Retrieved 25 February 2020 SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2016 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates American FactFinder U S Census Bureau Archived from the original on 14 February 2020 Retrieved 11 November 2017 UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response Egypt UNHCR 17 March 2015 Retrieved 21 March 2015 Kuwait extends residency permits for Syrians UNHCR 2 September 2015 Archived from the original on 28 June 2017 Retrieved 10 September 2015 Statistics Canada 2023 02 01 2021 Ethnic Origin both sexes age total Canada 2021 Census 25 Sample data Data tables Retrieved February 1 2023 Bouras Stelios 2 September 2015 Financially Strapped Greece Struggles With Flood of Refugees WSJ Retrieved 2 September 2015 BMI PDF www bmi gv at STATISTIK AUSTRIA Bevolkerung nach Staatsangehorigkeit und Geburtsland Retrieved 8 August 2015 permanent dead link Syriens en France 2022 21 June 2023 Archived from the original on 2023 08 18 Retrieved 2023 08 18 2021 People in Australia who were born in Syria Census Country of birth QuickStats Australian Bureau of Statistics www abs gov au Retrieved 2022 11 14 CBS Jews by Country of Origin and Age PDF Israel Central Bureau of Statistics Retrieved March 13 2019 Table 16 Total migrant stock at mid year by origin and by major area region country or area of destination 2015 United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division Retrieved 20 March 2016 Jordan Levi Syria Steps into Latin America Americas Society Council of the Americas Retrieved 15 January 2017 Syria hopes will serve as an avenue to attract investment dollars from the one million strong community of Venezuelans of Syrian descent Vasquez Fidel October 2010 Venezuela afianza relaciones con Siria in Spanish Aristobulo Isturiz PSUV Archived from the original on 16 January 2017 Retrieved 15 January 2017 En Venezuela residen un poco mas de 700 mil arabes de origen sirio Nachawati Leila March 2013 Como sera recordado Chavez en Siria in Spanish ElDiario es Retrieved 15 January 2017 Se calcula que cerca de un millon de habitantes del pais tiene origen sirio personal o familiar Gomez Diego Feb 2012 EL LEVANTE Y AMERICA LATINA UNA BITACORA DE LATINOAMERICA EN SIRIA LIBANO JORDANIA Y PALESTINA distintaslatitudes net in Spanish Retrieved 15 January 2017 de acuerdo con el Instituto de Estadistica de Venezuela cerca de un millon de venezolanos tienen origenes sirios y mas de 20 mil venezolanos estan registrados en el catastro del consulado sudamericano en Damasco Why Finland May Not Let Some Asylum Seekers Stay Despite Needing Them a b United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR Algeria Retrieved 13 November 2014 2011 Census Country of birth expanded regions in England and Wales Office for National Statistics 26 March 2013 Retrieved 7 January 2017 Country of birth detailed PDF National Records of Scotland Retrieved 7 January 2017 Country of Birth Full Detail QS206NI Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Retrieved 7 January 2017 ONS estimates for 2019 External links editSyrian diaspora at Flickr Commons Retrieved from https en 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