Palestinian refugees

Fafo issued in 1993 the first study of living conditions conducted in the occupied Palestinian Territory. The study was conducted during the first Intifada and depicted the situation in 1992. The study was presented to the plenary meeting in Oslo of the Refugee Working Group of the Multilateral Peace Talks for the Middle East in May 1993. Since then, Fafo has conducted a series of studies commissioned by the Refugee Working Group, in which Norway isthe so-called "Shepherd for Data Bases". Canada is the Gavel holder of the RWG.

The bulk of the Fafo work on Palestinian refugees has been directed towards gaining accurate and updated information on their living conditions in the various host countries in the region, with an aim of using such information for advocacy and for planning of humanitarian assistance. Information about the country-specific living conditions can be found under each country. Fafo has living conditions data for Palestinian refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (West Bank and Gaza Strip), The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic.

We have made a short overview of Fafo's research on Palestinian refugees.

Relevant Fafo-reports

Finding Means Final reports:
UNRWA's Financial Crisis and Refugee Living Conditions, Volume I: Socio-economic Conditions among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza; Volume II: The Persistence of Poverty in the Palestinian Nation; Volume III: UNRWA Service Delivery, Budget and Donor Environment

Blome Jacobsen, Laurie. Educated Housewives: Living Conditions among Palestinian Refugee Women

Blome-Jacobsen, Laurie. Finding Means. Summary report: UNRWA's Financial Crisis and Refugee Living Conditions

Regional Projects

• UNRWA Conference on the Humanitarian Needs of Palestinian Refugees (2004)
• UNRWA's Financial Crisis and Socio-economic Condition of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the West Bank and Gaza (2000-2003)