The Plight of Palestinian Refugees, Explained - U.S. News
Jan 5, 2024 · The United Nations defines Palestinian refugees as people “whose normal place of residence was Palestine” between June 1, 1946 and May 15, 1948, and “who lost both home and means of...
Palestine refugees - UNRWA
Nearly one-third of the registered Palestine refugees, more than 1.5 million individuals, live in 58 recognized Palestine refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
UN marks 75 years since displacement of 700,000 Palestinians
May 15, 2023 · The UN on Monday commemorated for the first time in its history, the mass displacement of Palestinians from land that was to become Israel, 75 years ago, that turned 700,000 Palestinians into...
Palestinian refugees - Wikipedia
Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or house over the course of the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War.
What is UNRWA and why is it important for Palestinians?
Feb 1, 2024 · What does it do? UNRWA supports some six million Palestinian refugees who live within and outside Palestine. It is like a quasi-state providing direct services, such as schools, primary...
What's the Israel-Palestinian conflict about and how did it start?
Oct 10, 2023 · Refugees - Today about 5.6 million Palestinian refugees - mainly descendants of those who fled in 1948 - live in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza.
UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency. UNRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions from UN Member States.
75 Years Later, Israel Blocking Palestinian Refugees’ Return
May 15, 2023 · Today, there are more than 5.9 million Palestinian refugees, including the descendants of those who fled or were expelled. Israeli authorities have, pursuant to discriminatory laws, blocked...
Palestine refugee crisis ‘expanding’; leaving highest ... - UN News
Jan 29, 2019 · “Alarming and expanding” problems affecting Palestine refugees, risk further destabilizing the Middle East, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNWRA, said on...
The enduring Palestine refugee crisis: from Nakba to Sheikh …
May 16, 2021 · Seventy-three years after more than 700,000 Palestinians became refugees following the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, the loss of their homeland and dispossession of their property continues.