Nearly 90,000 Syrian refugees are reported to have left Lebanon this year but there is little verifiable information on how they are faring. Despite both countries benefitting from these returns, refugees have reported facing difficulties upon their return.
Since civil war erupted in Syria in 2011, thousands of refugee families have created a Little Damascus in the October 6 suburb in Egypt's capital, Cairo. A growing number of Syrian drinks peddlers are exploiting a niche in the Cairo market.
Despite the hardships, thousands of Libya's Tuareg population are settling down in the coastal Amazigh enclave, Zuwara, fleeing the war and misery of their restive region
Tens of thousands of Palestinian pre-war residents of Camp Yarmuk in Damascus' southern suburb have been allowed to go back to it following the Islamic State's (IS) defeat.
Hundreds of Iraqi refugees are stranded in northern Syria near the border with Turkey with little support. Many of the Iraqis that are trapped on the border were displaced from their areas due to ISIS' invasion.
Hundreds of refugees from various African countries are fleeing their countries and using Libya as a transit point into Europe. Recently the UNHCR released over 260 refugees from the detention centres to be taken to Niger. In the meantime, the agency intends to find them permanent homes.