WFP SYRIA REGIONAL SITUATION REPORT, JUNE 2015

HIGHLIGHTS

• Reduced food assistance to some 1.6 million beneficiaries has led to an overall increase in food insecure Syrian refugees.
• In Jordan and Lebanon food insecurity rose to 85 and 79 percent respectively, with more than half of Syrian refugees in both countries currently living below the national poverty line.
• In order to meet food needs, refugee families voiced a more frequent use ofcoping strategies, such as withdrawing children from school and engaging in illegal and/or exploitative jobs.
• Monitoring findings in Lebanon, Turkey and Egypt indicate that female-headed households have a higher vulnerability than male-headed households