The remaining population in refugee camps in Lebanon are from other nationalities; mainly Syrian refugees (23.1 percent) and Lebanese nationals (3.6 percent).235 Lebanon and Jordan, as two main host countries, have also faced many changes in the distribution of Palestinian refugees within their borders on account of the arrival of thousands of Palestinians refugees fleeing Syria. Table 2.4: Total UNRWA-Registered Refugees in Camps (Official and Unofficial),236 End of 2021 Host Country Camp (Local Name) Population Families Infants Year Established Gaza Strip Official Camps 237 Jabalia 116,193 27,024 1,824 1948 Beach (Shati) 91,587 21,875 1,487 1948 Nuseirat 84,756 18,314 1,164 1948 Bureij 46,868 10,334 849 1948 Deir el-Balah 27,398 6,431 429 1948 Maghazi 33,363 7,498 530 1948 Khan Younis 92,935 21254 1573 1948 Rafah 133,538 29,514 2,436 1948 626,638 142,244 10,292 Total West Bank Official Camps238 235 Aqbat Jaber (Jericho camp) 10,033 2,221 128 1948 Ein el-Sultan 3,258 670 77 1948 Shu’fat 16,043 3,612 34 1965 Am’ari 14,882 3,630 118 1949 Kalandia 15,723 3,651 205 1949 Deir Ammar 3,583 858 67 1949 Jalazone 16,015 3,788 188 1949 Fawwar 12,203 2,639 186 1949 al-Arroub 15,220 18,558 200 266 1950 Dheisheh 3,403 4,417 1949 LPDC and PCBS, ‘The Population and Housing Census in Palestinian Camps and Gatherings 2017: Key Findings Report’ (2018) [hereinafter LPDC and PCBS, Key Findings Report 2017] <http://www.lpdc.gov.lb/DocumentFiles/ Key%20Findings%20report%20En-636566196639789418.pdf> accessed 3 October 2022. 236 The summary of Total Registered Camp Population as of the end of 2021 refugees in the unofficial camps is based on the growth rates in the host countries/regions. 237 During the 1970s, the Israeli military administration destroyed thousands of refugee shelters in the occupied Gaza Strip under security pretexts. Large refugee camps were targeted in particular. Refugees were forcibly resettled in other areas of the occupied Gaza Strip, with a smaller number transferred to the occupied West Bank. In the occupied Gaza Strip, several housing projects were established for these refugees. Some of these projects today are referred to as camps. These include the Canada project (1972), the Shuqairi project (1973), the Brazil project (1973), the Sheikh Radwan project (1974), and the al-Amal project (1979). 238 There are thousands of former Gaza refugees distributed throughout the West Bank camps. 48

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