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42 Survey of Palestinian Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (2006-2007) Preface Population Numbers, Distribution and Characteristics Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons are one of the largest displaced populations in the world today. Approximately half of all refugees worldwide are Palestinian. Palestinian refugees fall into three general categories. The largest group is composed of Palestinians displaced or expelled from their places of origin as a result of the 1948 war (the Nakba). The second major group is made up of those displaced for the first time from their places of origin as a result of the 1967 war. The third category includes Palestinians who are neither 1948 nor 1967 refugees, but outside the area of former Palestine and unable (due to revocation of residency, denial of family reunification, deportation, etc.) or unwilling to return owing to a well-founded fear of persecution. There are also two main categories of internally displaced Palestinians (IDPs). The first includes those who remained in the area that became the state of Israel in 1948, but were displaced from their lands or homes. The second group includes IDPs in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory, who were and continue to be displaced as a result of land confiscation, house demolition, the construction of the Wall and its associated regime, and revocation of residency rights in eastern Jerusalem. The majority of the Palestinian refugee population is distributed throughout the Middle East, primarily in Arab states that border Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT). More than a quarter of the total Palestinian refugee and IDP population reside in areas of former Palestine. Approximately 20% of all Palestinian refugees live in refugee camps. The Palestinian refugee and IDP population is young, and with a high but declining fertility rate and low mortality, it is growing fast. Differences between the demographic profiles of refugee and non-refugee Palestinians are negligible at present.
2.1 Background Population Numbers, Distribution and Characteristics By mid-2007, 1 there were approximately 7 million Palestinian refugees and about 450,000 internally displaced Palestinians, representing more than 70% of the entire Palestinian population worldwide (10.1 million as at the end of 2006). 2 This figure includes Palestinians and their descendants whose “country of origin” 3 is the former Palestine (now divided into Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory), who have been displaced within or outside the borders of this area, and who do not have access to voluntary durable solutions, including the right to return to their homes of origin or to repossess their properties. In other words, more than 7.4 million of all Palestinians are refugees or internally displaced persons, while the legal status of 400,000 additional Palestinians is unclear. The majority of the latter have likely been forcibly displaced from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since 1967, and are now residing outside the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) as a result of measures taken by the occupying power, mainly revocation of residency, denial of family reunification and deportation; or they are unwilling to return to the occupied territory owing to a wellfounded fear of persecution. 4 Hence, most of the 400,000 displaced Palestinians whose legal status is unclear are likely to qualify as refugees. Available data on the Palestinian refugee and IDP population is uneven and shifting, primarily due to the absence of a comprehensive registration system, frequent forced displacement, and the lack of any uniform definition of a Palestine refugee. 5 The Palestinian refugee and IDP population described here comprises the total estimated number of Palestinians who have been displaced and denied the right to return to their homes of origin and the right to repossess their properties. Unlike most refugees and displaced persons elsewhere in the world, who usually seek protection against refoulement, the primary problem facing Palestinian refugees is Israel’s denial of their right to return to their homes of origin. The largest group of Palestinian refugees is made up of those who were displaced or expelled from their places of origin as a result of the 1948 war (the Nakba) in 1948. These number 6 million, a figure that includes 4.5 million Palestinian refugees who are eligible for assistance from the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) (often referred to as “registered refugees” or “Palestine refugees”), and a further 1.5 million refugees who were also displaced in 1948, but are not eligible or did not register for assistance with UNRWA. The second major group of Palestinian refugees (950,000) is comprised of those displaced for the first time from their places of origin as a result of the 1967 war. Not included in these statistics is a third category of Palestinians whose legal status is unclear, but who are likely to be refugees. Neither 1948 nor 1967 refugees, they are outside former Palestine and unable (due to revocation of residency, denial of family reunification, deportation, etc.) or unwilling to return to their places of origin (owing to a well-founded fear of persecution). Most of those in this group (which numbers about 400,000) originate from the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory. Internally displaced Palestinians fall into two groups. The first is made up of IDPs who remained in the area that became the state of Israel in 1948 (338,000). This number includes those who were displaced by the 1948 war, as well as those displaced as a result of population transfer, land expropriation and house demolition after 1948. The second group includes Palestinians internally displaced in the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory during and after the 1967 war (115,000). Internal displacement is difficult to track in the context of the Palestinian/Arab-Israeli conflict, as ceasefire lines have changed frequently and there is no internationally recognized border between Israel and the 1967-occupied Palestinian territory. 43
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Table of Contents Executive Summary
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