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The Middle East

British and French Influence, 1926

1947: UN Partition

Palestinian refugees live throughout the world. These figures are for the region where the bulk of Palestinian refugees live. The UN defines Palestinian refugees as people and their descendants whose normal place of residency between 1946 and 1948 was Palestine and who lost their homes and livelihood as a result of the 1948 conflict.