Palestinian Refugees And Displaced Camps in Jordan

In 1948, after the outbreak of the first Arab-Israeli war (the Palestinian Nakba), about 750,000 Palestinians were forced to leave their lands, as a result of forced displacement operations carried out by the Israeli forces against the them. And Jordan got the largest share of receiving Palestinian refugees.

 According to (UNRWA) the total number of Palestinian refugees in Jordan until 2020 is (2.4) million, equivalent to 42% of the total Palestinian refugees registered in its five fields of operation

(Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza Strip).

Again in 1967, as a result of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, another wave of displacement occurred, and the number of displaced people was estimated at that time at about (250) thousand, about half of whom were refugees living in camps in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, and they were forced to seek refugee again within less than twenty years.

During the years that followed the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, displacements to Jordan continued due to the policies and practices of the Israeli occupation such as Military deportation orders, demolition of Palestinian homes and villages and other practices.

The Palestinian refugee camps are distributed in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan within six governorates as follows:

First: Al-Balqa Governorate, which includes Al-Baqa'a camp.

Second: The Capital governorate and Madaba governorate, which includes Al-Wihdat Camp, Al-Hussein, Prince Hassan, Talbiyah and Madaba.

Third: Zarqa Governorate, which includes Zarqa camp, Hitteen and Sukhneh.

Fourth: Irbid Governorate, which includes Irbid camp and the martyr Azmi Al-Mufti.

Fifth: Jerash Governorate, which includes Jerash and Souf camp.