above and who are considered “displaced persons” in accordance with UNSC Resolution 237 of June 1967 and UN General Assembly Resolution 2252 (ES-V), of 4 July 1967.95This category comprises those displaced for the first time from their homes in the context of the 1967 War, as well as their descendants. As UNHCR explains, “two groups of Palestinian ‘displaced persons’ have been displaced from the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967: (i) Palestinians originating from that territory; and (ii) “Palestine refugees” who had taken refuge in that territory prior to 1967,” and who experienced secondary displacement after the 1967 war.96 Palestinians under this category now amount to 1,022,546 refugees. An estimated 350,000–400,000 Palestinians were displaced, half for a second time, in 1967 and were never registered with UNRWA, because they do not meet the Agency’s Palestine refugee criteria, nor do they fall within any of the categories listed in the last paragraph of item 1. Nonetheless, these persons are eligible to receive UNRWA services without being registered in UNRWA’s Registration System, and UNRWA’s program do keep due records of these persons, referring to them as “non-registered persons.”97 Other non-registered persons who are eligible to benefit from UNRWA’s programs are: (i) those identified as eligible by UNRWA’s CommissionerGeneral for humanitarian and other policy reasons related to URNWA’s mandate;98 (ii) beneficiaries of UNRWA’s Emergency Programs; (iii) those who meet the Microfinance and Microenterprise Department’s (MMD) financial and lending criteria; (iv) UNRWA Staff Members (in accordance with UNRWA’s Eligibility and registration instructions99); and (v) those who live in refugee camps and communities, thus benefiting from UNRWA services such as sanitation and environmental health services.100 The majority of the 1967 Palestinian refugees continue to reside in the countries to which they fled in 1967, mostly to Jordan, with smaller numbers in Syria, Lebanon and Egypt. UNRWA has registered 1948 Refugees since 1950 and claims to have recorded more than 75 percent of this group of refugees.101 UNRWA registration data is not statistically accurate, however, as reporting is voluntary. UNRWA has never carried out a comprehensive census of all Palestinian refugees under its mandate. UNRWA registers Palestinian refugees as part of its relief and social services 95 UN General Assembly, “Resolution 2252 (ES-V) - Humanitarian Assistance,” July 4, 1967, UN Doc.A/ RES/2252 (ES-V), http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/2252%20(ES-V). 96 UNHCR, “2013 Note,” footnote 8. 97 UNRWA, “Consolidated Eligibility and Registration Instructions (CERI),” 2009, 6–7. 98 Ibid., 7. 99 UNRWA, “Consolidated Eligibility and Registration Instructions (CERI),” 2009, Section V. 100 Ibid., 8. 101 See Annual Growth rate of registered Palestine refugees and female percentage, 1953–2000, available at:http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/RefugeesStats.pdf. The Palestinian Refugee Problem: An Overview 15