More than six million Palestinian refugees are registered with the UN refugee agency UNRWA, according to official figures. In a statement marking World Refugee Day, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said 2.5 million refugees live in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza, constituting 42 percent of the registered Palestinian refugees.

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

EU’s Borrell ‘extremely concerned’ over situation in Lebanon

The EU’s foreign affairs minister Josep Borrell called for a ceasefire along…

Sudan conflict could harm wider region: UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that it was “essential” that the crisis…

Israel police used spyware on Netanyahu’s son: Report

An Israeli newspaper reported on Monday that the Israeli police illicitly used…

US issues sanctions on networks, vessels for dealing in Iran oil

The Trump administration issued more Iran-related sanctions, targeting 13 entities based in…