Today, there are over 5 million Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA. About one-third of these refugees live in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), while the majority of refugees are in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria2. This is a result of over 700,000 Palestinians being forcibly displaced from Palestine for the establishment of Israel during what Palestinians refer to as the Nakba “catastrophe” in 1948, becoming refugees. The United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established in 1949 to support these refugees.
The UCL–Lancet Commission on Migration and Health: review of the state of progress
On June 20th, 2026, the UCL-Lancet Commission on Migration and Health published a review in The Lancet with the aim of summarising the state of progress since the Commission's 2018 global report. The review finds that progress towards protecting the health of refugees...
