Palestinian Refugees Today — Maps and Statistics (ECFR)

The majority of Palestinians — around 5 million — are refugees. About one-third of the Palestinian refugee population are spread out across 58 UNRWA-administered refugee camps in the OPT, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Palestinian refugees also make up 68 per cent of Gaza’s population.

While UNRWA administers health, education, and other services in the camps, refugees organise themselves politically through popular committees. Refugee staff of UNRWA are organised within the Local Staff Union and regularly mobilise against UNRWA reduction of their employment or services in the camps.

Source: The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)