Palestinian refugee camps

1948 Palestinian exodus

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Palestinian refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to accommodate the Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 194 grants Palestinians the right to return to their homeland if they wish to "live at peace with their neighbors".

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) defines a Palestinian refugee as:

"persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict."

In the context of the Arab–Israeli conflict, Jewish refugees who fled or had been expelled during the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries were initially resettled in refugee camps known variously as Immigrant camps, Ma'abarot, and "development towns" prior to absorption into mainstream Israeli society. Conversely, many Palestinian refugees remain in Palestinian refugee camps, while others have been absorbed into Jordanian society or the Palestinian territories.

Role of UNRWA

UNRWA recognizes facilities in 59 designated refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It also provided relief to displaced persons inside Israel following the 1948 conflict until the Israeli government took over responsibility for them in 1952.

For a camp to be recognized by UNRWA, there must be an agreement between the host government and UNRWA governing use of the camp. UNRWA does not itself run any camps, has no police powers or administrative role, but simply provides services to the camp. Designated refugee camps, which developed from tented cities to rows of concrete blockhouses to urban ghettos indistinguishable from their surroundings (effectively becoming urban developments within existing cities or by themselves), house around one third of all registered Palestine refugees. UNRWA also provides facilities in other areas where large numbers of registered Palestine refugees live outside of recognized camps.

UNRWA defines a Palestine refugee as:^[1]

"persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine during the period 1 June 1946 to 15 May 1948, and who lost both home and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict."

UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of refugee males.^[1] The number of registered Palestine refugees (PR) has subsequently grown from 750,000 in 1950 to around 5 million in 2013.^[1]

List of camps

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List of Palestinians

This lists the current Palestine refugee camps with current population and year they were established.^[2]

Gaza Strip

The Gaza Strip has 8 refugee camps and 1,221,110 registered refugees.

1948, Al-Shati (Beach camp), 87,000
1949, Bureij, 34,000
1948, Deir al-Balah Camp, 21,000
1948, Jabalia Camp, 110,000
1949, Khan Yunis Camp, 72,000
1949, Maghazi, 24,000
1949, Nuseirat Camp, 66,000
1949, Rafah Camp, 104,000

West Bank

The West Bank has 19 refugee camps and 741,409 registered refugees. One camp is unofficial (*).

1948, Aqabat Jaber, 6,400
1948, Ein as-Sultan, 1,900
1948, Qaddura camp*, 1,558
1949, Far'a, 7,600
1949, Fawwar, 8,000
1949, Jalazone, 11,000
1949, Kalandia, 11,000
1949, Am'ari, 10,500
1949, Deir 'Ammar Camp, 2,400
1949, Dheisheh, 13,000
1950, Aida, 4,700
1950, Al-Arroub, 10,400
1950, Askar, 15,900
1950, Balata, 23,600
1950, 'Azza (Beit Jibrin), 1,000
1950, Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1), 6,750
1950, Tulkarm camp, 18,000
1952, Nur Shams, 9,000
1953, Jenin camp, 16,000
1965, Shuafat camp, 11,000

Syria

Syria has 13 refugee camps and 499,189 registered refugees. Three of these camps are unofficial (*).

1948, Sbeineh, 22,600
1949, Khan Eshieh, 20,000
1948, Neirab, 20,500
1949, Homs, 22,000
1948, Jaramana camp, 18,658
1950, Deraa camp, 10,000
1950, Hama camp, 8,000
1950, Khan Dannun, 10,000
1967, Qabr Essit, 23,700
1955-6, Latakia Camp*, 10,000
1957, Yarmouk*, 148,500
1962, Ein Al-Tal*, 6,000, also known as Handarat camp

Lebanon

There are 12 refugee camps in Lebanon and 448,599 registered refugees.

1948, Bourj el-Barajneh, 17,945
1948, Ain al-Hilweh, 54,116
1948, El Buss, 11,254
1949, Nahr al-Bared, 5,857
1949, Shatila, 9,842
1948, Wavel, 8,806
1952, Mar Elias, 662
1954, Mieh Mieh, 5,250
1955, Beddawi, 16,500
1955, Burj el-Shemali, 22,789
1956, Dbayeh camp, 4,351
1963, Rashidieh, 31,478

Jordan

There are 10 refugee camps in Jordan and 2,034,641 registered refugees.

1949, Zarqa camp, 20,000
1952, Jabal el-Hussein, 29,000
1955, Amman New Camp (Wihdat), 51,500
1967, Souf, 20,000
1968, Baqa'a, 104,000
1968, Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp), 22,000
1968, Irbid camp, 25,000
1968, Jerash camp, 24,000
1968, Marka, 53,000
1968, Talbieh, 7,000

References

1 2 3 "Who We Are - UNRWA". UNRWA. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
↑ "Where We Work - UNRWA". UNRWA. Retrieved 8 January 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palestinian refugee camps.

The Empire Files: Inside Palestine's Refugee Camps (October 2016), Abby Martin for The real news network and TeleSUR. A video report from the Balata and Aida camps in the West Bank (30 minutes).
Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Palestinian Refugees in Syria
Palestinian Refugees in Jordan
As rebuilding begins at lebanon's nahr al bared, displaced refugees are eager to return, William Wheeler and Don Duncan, World Politics Review, 11 March 2008
UN refugee agency unveils Palestinian archive

Maps

Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015^[1]

Gaza Strip
518,000 UNRWA refugees

West Bank
188,150 UNRWA refugees

Syria
319,958 UNRWA refugees

Lebanon
188,850 UNRWA refugees

Jordan
355,500 UNRWA refugees

Al-Shati (Beach camp)	87,000
Bureij	34,000
Deir al-Balah	21,000
Jabalia	110,000
Khan Yunis	72,000
Maghazi	24,000
Nuseirat	66,000
Rafah	104,000
Canada Camp	closed

Aqabat Jaber	6,400
Ein as-Sultan	1,900
Far'a	7,600
Fawwar	8,000
Jalazone	11,000
Kalandia	11,000
Am'ari	10,500
Deir 'Ammar	2,400
Dheisheh	13,000
Aida	4,700
Al-Arroub	10,400
Askar	15,900
Balata	23,600
'Azza (Beit Jibrin)	1,000
Ein Beit al-Ma' (Camp No. 1)	6,750
Tulkarm camp	18,000
Nur Shams	9,000
Jenin camp	16,000
Shuafat camp	11,000
Silwad

Sbeineh	22,600
Khan Eshieh	20,000
Neirab	20,500
Homs	22,000
Jaramana camp	18,658
Daraa camp	10,000
Hama camp	8,000
Khan Dannun	10,000
Qabr Essit	23,700

Unofficial camps
Ein Al-Tal	6,000
Latakia Camp	10,000
Yarmouk	148,500

Bourj el-Barajneh	17,945
Ain al-Hilweh	54,116
El Buss	11,254
Nahr al-Bared	5,857
Shatila	9,842
Wavel	8,806
Mar Elias	662
Mieh Mieh	5,250
Beddawi	16,500
Burj el-Shemali	22,789
Dbayeh camp	4,351
Rashidieh	31,478

Zarqa camp	20,000
Jabal el-Hussein	29,000
Amman New Camp (Wihdat)	51,500
Souf	20,000
Baqa'a	104,000
Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti camp)	22,000
Irbid camp	25,000
Jerash camp	24,000
Marka	53,000
Talbieh	8,000

References

↑ "Camp Profiles". unrwa.org. United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

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Background

1947–1950s

1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
1948–49 Arab–Israeli War
1950s Palestinian Fedayeen attacks (Reprisal operations)
1956 Suez Crisis

1960s

1966 Operation Shredder
1967 Six-Day War
1967–70 War of Attrition
- 1968 Battle of Karameh
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
- 1968 Operation Gift

1970s–1980

1973 Yom Kippur War
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon	1972 Operation Isotope / Lod Airport massacre / Munich Olympics massacre 1972–79 Operation Wrath of God (Airstrike, Spring of Youth) 1973 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 1974 Ma'alot massacre 1975 Savoy Operation 1976 Operation Entebbe 1978 Coastal Road massacre / Operation Litani 1980 Misgav Am hostage crisis

1980s

1981 Operation Opera
1982 Lebanon War
1982–2000 South Lebanon conflict
1984 Bus 300 affair
1985 Operation Wooden Leg
1987–93 First Intifada
- 1988 Mothers' Bus rescue / Tunis raid

1990s

2000s

2000–05 Al-Aqsa Intifada (Second Intifada)
2000–06 Shebaa Farms conflict
2001–present Rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel
2003 Ain es Saheb airstrike
2006 Operation Bringing Home the Goods / Operation Summer Rains / Operation Autumn Clouds / Lebanon War
2006–present Gaza–Israel conflict
- 2007–08 Operation Hot Winter
- 2008–09 Gaza War
2007 Operation Orchard
2007–present Lebanese rocket attacks

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Diplomacy and peace proposals
To 1948	1914 Damascus Protocol 1915 McMahon–Hussein Correspondence 1916 Sykes–Picot Agreement 1917 Balfour Declaration 1918 Declaration to the Seven / Anglo-French Declaration 1919 Faisal–Weizmann Agreement 1920 San Remo conference 1922 Churchill White Paper 1937 Peel Commission 1939 White Paper 1947 UN Partition Plan 1948 American trusteeship proposal
1948–91	1948 UN General Assembly (UNGA) Resolution 194 1949 Armistice agreements / Lausanne Conference 1950 Tripartite Declaration 1964 Palestinian National Covenant 1967 Khartoum Resolution / UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 242 1973 UNSC Resolution 338 / UNSC Resolution 339 1974 Israel–Syria disengagement agreement / UNSC Resolution 350 1978 UNSC Resolution 425 / Camp David Accords 1979 UNSC Resolution 446 / Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty / UNSC Resolution 452 1980 UNSC Resolution 478 1981 UNSC Resolution 497 1983 Israel–Lebanon agreement
1991–present	1991 Madrid Conference 1993 Oslo Accords 1994 Gaza–Jericho Agreement / Israel–Jordan peace treaty 1995 Beilin-Abu Mazen agreement 1998 Wye River Memorandum 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum 2000 Camp David Summit / Clinton Parameters 2001 Taba Summit 2002 Beirut Summit and peace initiative / Road map 2003 Geneva Initiative 2004 UNSC Resolution 1559 / UNSC Resolution 1566 2005 UNSC Resolution 1583 / Sharm el-Sheikh Summit / Israeli disengagement from Gaza / Agreement on Movement and Access 2006 UNSC Resolution 1701 2007 Annapolis Conference 2010 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks 2013 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks

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