Palestinian refugee camps

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Palestinian refugee camps were established after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to accommodate Palestinian refugees who fled from the war.

This article lists the current Palestinian refugee camps with current population and year they were established.

The UNRWA defines a Palestinian refugee as:

"Palestine refugees are persons whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War."

UNRWA provides facilities in 59 recognized refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It also provided relief to displaced persons inside the State of 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. Refugee camps, which developed from tented cities to rows of concrete blockhouses to urban ghettos indistinguishable from their surroundings, house around one third of all registered Palestinian refugees. UNRWA also provides facilities in other areas where large numbers of registered Palestinian refugees live outside of recognized camps.

UNRWA's services are available to all those living in its area of operations who meet this definition, who are registered with the Agency and who need assistance. UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948. The number of registered Palestine refugees has subsequently grown from 914,000 in 1950 to more than 4.3 million in 2005." [1]

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[edit] Jordan

There are 10 official camps, 304,430 refugees.

    • 1955, Amman New Camp (Wihdat), 49,805
    • 1968, Baqa'a, 80,100
    • 1968, Husn (Martyr Azmi el-Mufti), 19,573
    • 1968, Irbid camp, 23,512
    • 1952, Jabal el-Hussein, 27,674
    • 1968, Jerash camp, 15,696
    • 1968, Marka, 41,237
    • 1967, Souf, 14,911
    • 1968, Talbieh, 4,041
    • 1949, Zarqa camp, 17,344

[edit] Lebanon

The total number of registered refugees is 409,714.[1]

There are 12 official camps with 225,125 refugees.

[edit] Syria

There are 10 official camps with 119,776 refugees.

    • 1950, Dera'a, 5,916
    • 1967, Dera'a (Emergency), 5,536
    • 1950, Hama, 7,597
    • 1949, Homs, 13,825
    • 1948, Jaramana, 5,007
    • 1950, Khan Dunoun, 8,603
    • 1949, Khan Eshieh, 15,731
    • 1948, Neirab, 17,994
    • 1967, Qabr Essit, 16,016
    • 1948, Sbeineh, 19,624

Additional unofficial camps in Syria:

[edit] West Bank

There are 19 official camps with 176,514 refugees.

    • ,Abu-Dies (residents of this camp claim the territory of Ma'ale Adummim as their own)[2].
    • 1950, Aida, 4,151
    • 1949, Am'ari, 8,083
    • 1948, Aqabat Jabr, 5,197
    • 1950, Arroub, 9,180
    • 1950, Askar, 13,894
    • 1950, Balata, 20,681
    • 1950, Beit Jibrin, 1,828
    • 1950, Camp No.1, 6,221
    • 1949, Deir Ammar, 2,189
    • 1949, Dheisheh, 10,923
    • 1948, Ein el-Sultan, 1,888
    • 1949, Far'a, 6,836
    • 1949, Fawwar, 7,072
    • 1949, Jalazone, 9,284
    • 1953, Jenin, 14,050
    • 1949, Kalandia, 9,188
    • 1952, Nur Shams, 8,179
    • 1965, Shu'fat, 9,567
    • 1950, Tulkarm, 16,259

[edit] Gaza Strip

There are 8 official camps with 478,854 refugees.

[edit] References

  1. ^ UNRWA:Palestine Refugees (English)
  2. ^ The Expansion of Ma'ale Adumim. Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ) website. Retrieved on February 10, 2006.

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[edit] External links and references

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Gaza Strip
986,034 refugees		 Jordan
1,827,877 refugees		 Lebanon
404,170 refugees		 Syria
432,048 refugees		 West Bank
699,817 refugees

Beach camp, 76,109
Bureij, 30,059
Deir al-Balah camp, 20,188
Jabalia, 103,646
Khan Yunis, 60,662
Maghazi, 22,536
Nuseirat, 64,233
Rafah camp, 90,638

Amman New Camp, 29,805
Baqa'a, 80,100
Husn, 19,573
Irbid, 23,512
Jabal el-Hussein , 27,674
Jerash, 15,696
Marka, 41,237
Souf, 14,911
Talbieh, 4,041
Zarqa, 17,344

Beddawi, 15,695
Burj el-Barajneh, 19,526
Burj el-Shemali, 18,134
Dbayeh, 4,223
Dikwaneh, destroyed
Ein el-Hilweh, 44,133
El-Buss, 9,840
Jisr el-Basha, destroyed
Mar Elias, 1,406
Mieh Mieh, 5,078
Nabatieh camp, destroyed in 1973
Nahr el-Bared, 28,358
Rashidieh, 24,679
Sabra
Shatila, 11,998
Tel al-Zaatar, destroyed in 1976
Wavel, 7,357

Dera'a, 5,916
Dera'a (Emergency), 5,536
Hama, 7,597
Homs, 13,825
Jaramana, 5,007
Khan Dunoun, 8,603
Khan Eshieh, 15,731
Neirab, 17,994
Qabr Essit, 16,016
Sbeineh, 19,624
Latakia, 6,534
Yarmouk, 112,550
Ein Al-Tal, 4,329

Abu Dis
Aida, 3,260
Am'ari, 8,083
Aqabat Jabr, 5,197
Arroub, 9,180
Askar, 13,894
Azaa, 1,828
Balata, 20,681
Deir Ammar, 2,189
Dheisheh, 10,923
Ein Beit al-Ma', 6,221
Ein el-Sultan, 1,888
Far'a, 6,836
Fawwar, 7,072
Jalazone, 9,284
Jenin, 14,050
Kalandia, 9,188
Nur Shams, 8,179
Shu'fat camp, 9,567
Tulkarm, 16,259
1The UNRWA definition of a "Palestinian refugee" is a person "whose normal place of residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948, who lost both their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict." "UNRWA's definition of a refugee also covers the descendants of persons who became refugees in 1948." (UNRWA)