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<h1><font size=4><b>Report: “30% of the Palestinians in the W. Bank, 67%
In Gaza, Are
Refugees”</b></font></h1>
<img src="http://www.imemc.org/graphics/date.gif" width=12 height=10 alt="author">
</b></h1><font size=3> Tuesday June 21, 2011
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies <br>
<a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/61506" eudora="autourl">
http://www.imemc.org/article/61506<br><br>
</a></font>The Palestinian Census Bureau reported that nearly half of the
Palestinians in the occupied territories are internally displaced
refugees, and that, since its creation in Palestine in 1948, Israel
forcibly removed two-thirds of the Arab population.<br><br>
Marking the World Refugee Day on Monday, the Bureau stated that %43.4 of
the Palestinians in Palestine are internally displaced refugees.
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In 1948, nearly 957.000 Palestinians were removed and fled from their
cities and villages due to the creation of Israel in the historic land of
Palestine. This figure resembles nearly %66 of the total population back
then, according to United Nations estimates in 1950. <br><br>
The Bureau stated that %29.7 of the population in the West Bank, and
%67.3 of the population in Gaza are refugees.<br><br>
By mid-2010, the number of refugees registered by the UNRWA arrived to
4.8 Million. %41.6 of the total population in Jordan are Palestinian
refugees, %8.9 in Lebanon and %9.9 in Syria. <br><br>
Refugee camps in the Palestinian territories are the poorest among the
total population as at least %32.1 of the refugees are below poverty
levels. <br><br>
Poverty rates in Gaza stands now at %38 comparing to %25.8 in the West
Bank, according to data presented by the Bureau.<br><br>
%41.3 of the refugees in Palestine are, and %41.8 of the total refugee
popular, are children below the age of 15. <br><br>
The figures in the report do not include millions of refugees living in
refugee camps in the Arab World, and in different countries around the
globe. <br><br>
in 2010, Illiteracy rates among the refugee population (ages 15 and
older) were reduced to %4.8 while %10.9 of the refugees obtained at least
a B.A. degree. %5.2 of the non-refugee population are illiterate. %10 of
the non-refugee population have at least a B.A degree. <br><br>
%44.9 of the refugees ages 6 and up go to school comparing to %43.8 among
the non-refugee population.<br><br>
%38.7 of the refugee population (ages 15 and older) are part of the work
force comparing to %42.6 among the non-refugee population. <br><br>
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