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).
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There are thousands of former Gaza refugees distributed throughout the West Bank camps.
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