Category: Refugees/Immigration

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has pledged ₤1.5 million of new support for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. The aid will go the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA)…

Describing the report of the Qatar-based News Agency, Al Jazeera, as shameful, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated that the report is misleading as it mixed between what Israel is proposing…

Fawzi Barhoum, spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that the cables published by the Al Jazeera TV in Qatar prove that the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas in the West…

A group of 175 Ethiopians who claim Jewish heritage arrived in Israel on Monday, with the intention of becoming citizens of the Jewish state.A second group made up of another…

The Higher Committee for Defending the Right of Return of the Palestinian Refugees, slammed a Tel Aviv conference that calls for considering Jordan as the alternative homeland of the Palestinian…

150 asylum seekers were sent back to Sudan, on Monday night, as Israeli officials believed they entered the country illegally in search of work, media agencies reported on Tuesday. Sudanese…

Israeli troops entered the refugee camps of Barqin and Aqaba, in the proximity of Jenin, on Friday morning, PNN claimed. Five military jeeps reportedly invaded Barqin camp, north of Jenin,…

The Israeli cabinet is due to vote on Sunday on the planned holding facility for illegal migrants, media agencies reported on Thursday.Prime Minister Netanyahu’s cabinet will vote, on Sunday, on…

Head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, said that the statements of UNRWA New York director, Andrew Whitley, regarding the Palestinian Right of…

“Learning Each Other’s Historical Narrative” is the name of a new textbook approved for teaching in Palestinian schools but is still banned in Israel. The book explains the historical narratives…

Jerusalem-born Firas al-Maraghi has been holding a hunger strike outside the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Germany, since 26 July, protesting a decision by the Israeli government to prevent his newborn…

Located at the European University Institute (EUI), the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) conducts ‘inter-disciplinary and comparative research (on) major issues facing the process of integration and European…

A number of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem have traveled to the Gaza-Israel border each day since Ramadan began last Wednesday, to break their daily Ramadan fast with legislators who have…

The Lebanese government has amended one of its labor laws to allow Palestinians to work in areas previously forbidden to them.The Administration and Justice Parliamentary Committee amended Article 59 of…

Israel’s cabinet is set to accept a host of new measures that will greatly increase the burden on Palestinians seeking to be with their families in Israel.This coming Sunday, Israel’s…

Three school girls from Nablus have been awarded first prize at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Silicon Valley, California. Their winning entry was a walking cane for…

In a massive protest march, Saturday, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands of Palestinians marched through the city streets in remembrance of the 62nd anniversary of the Palestinian…

The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, has decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and…

In two separate incidents Sunday which critics say demonstrate the double standard of Egyptian and Israeli authorities, two African men were killed by Egyptian border police while crossing the border…

In the third incident of forced removal by Israeli troops since the new regulation was implemented, Israeli troops abducted and forcibly removed 19-year old Fadi Al-Gharazmeh from the southern West…

In what appears to be the first enforcement of a recent Israeli military order on Palestinian residency rights, 2 Palestinian residents of Israel have been deported to Gaza in separate…

Thousands of Palestinians, carrying Palestinian flags and posters carrying the names of destroyed Arab villages, marched on Tuesday from Al Teera Arab city towards the ruins of Miska Arab village…

The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economic Rights (JSCER) issued a press release slamming the Israeli decision to expel thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, and stated that this…

The Israeli government is set to start the implementation of a new order that would lead to the expulsion of thousands of Palestinians, and even internationals living in the West…

In response to an inquiry by the Palestinian human rights organization Adalah, the Israeli Justice Ministry has clarified its recent revision of Israeli land law, confirming that the revision allows…

Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday, that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…

Kristalina Georgieva, of the European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, stated Tuesday that the European Commission decided to allocate €58 million to help the Palestinians affected…

The Israeli Knesset debated and passed a new bill on Monday evening to ensure compensations are paid to Jews who are “refugees” from Iran and other Arab states as part…

(Amman) – Jordan should stop withdrawing nationality arbitrarily from Jordanians of Palestinian origin, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Authorities stripped more than 2,700 of these Jordanians…

Egyptian security sources reported Saturday that Border Guard policemen managed to arrest eight Eritreans and two Ethiopians while trying to cross the border fence in an attempt to infiltrate into…

Israeli media is reporting that the Ministry of Interior has made the decision to stop issuing work permits for internationals working for non- governmental organizations in the West Bank and…

The following is the latest press release from Ma’an News Agency concerning the status of chief English editor, Jared Malsin. Mr. Malsin has now been deported.For the first time in…

Ma’an have issued a press release concerning the current status of chief English editer, Jared Malsin. Arguments will be heard tomorrow at Tel Aviv District Court to determine his possible…

Ma’an News Agency has released a press release regarding the current status of their chief editor of the English desk, Jared Malsin. Mr. Malsin is currently waiting a hearing in…

Ma’an have released a further statement on status of the potential deportation of chief editor, Jared Malsin.On Wednesday night, Ma’an attorney Castro Daoud filed an injunction in a Tel Aviv…

Following the detention of Jared Malsin, Ma’an News Agency’s chief editor at Ben Gurion yesterday, IMEMC spoke with George Hale, an editor at Ma’an.Mr. Hale told IMEMC that in addition…

The following is a prepared statement from Ma’an News network regarding the detention and immanent deportation of the chief editor of their news desk, Jared Malsin.The English Desk at Ma’an…

Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Monday calling for unity between all Palestinian factions in order to maintain strong resistance against the occupation and ‘Zionism”. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/nov2009/balfour_declaration_unmarked.jpg 300…

The United Nations Refugee Agency stated on Tuesday that some of the Palestinian Refugees who are stranded in Iraq will be relocated under a settlement program in Iceland and Sweden.…

On the eve of the International   day of  refugees, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) released a statistical review on the status of  Palestinian Refugees.   The main findings are summarized…

The Good Shepherd Church in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and the Palestine Forum, held an activity on Wednesday at night commemorating the Nakba. Members of the Palestinian…

Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, their political and social leaders conducted a general strike in the occupied city of Jerusalem in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Nabka, while Israeli…

The Regional Union of Arab Students in Israeli Universities organized on Thursday a protest at main entrance of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of Palestinian disposition,…

May 15, 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, when Palestinians were forced from their homes and ethnically cleansed en masse in a premeditated and organized campaign carried…

Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets in a number of Palestinians cities, towns, villages and refugee camps to commemorate 60 years of their dispossession by Israel in 1948. The…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Dr. Salaam Fayyad, stated on Tuesday that Israel should not celebrate its independence before peace is reached with the Palestinians. Dr. Fayyad added that Israel is still…

At least 700 Palestinians from the southern West Bank district marched on Thursday side by side next to the largest key in the world to mark the 60th anniversary of…

United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, said yesterday that it is unacceptable that the problem of Palestinian refugees remain unsolved. During an inauguration ceremony of photo exhibition, marking the 60th…

I searched for him at his home but could not find him, his wife told me “you can find him west of the refugee camp, you will definitely find him…

This is an interview with Dr. Aziz Dweik, head of the Palestinian Legislative Council, imprisoned by Israel along with dozens of legislators and officials.This interview was published in Arabic by…

The Palestinian popular committees of refugee camps in the West Bank organized on Monday protests in the various refugees populations over there, to voice objection to UN’s aid reduction. Member…

Palestinian refugee in Iraq, facing repeated attacks, abductions and killings, voiced an appeal to the Palestinian people in Palestine and to all factions in order to save them and place…

Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon has been the site of fierce fighting between the Lebanese government and the Fatah al-Islam group for several days. The violence has led…

Taiseer Khalid, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and member of the political bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, demanded the Lebanese…

Thousands of residents and officials marched on Tuesday in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the “Nakba”, when the historic Palestine was captured…

Palestinians in Europe concluded on Thursday their fifth conference in Rotterdam, in Holland. The conference was attended by hundreds of Palestinians who came from various European countries, and was also…

The National Committee for Commemorating the Nakba Day (cataclysm) along with several national and Islamic factions in the occupied territories, the Refugees’ Affairs Department, the Palestinian Coalition for the Right…

Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday that one Palestinian refugee died in an explosion in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, as he was heading with his Iraqi nephew to hospital to receive…

For Israeli Jews, this week was all about celebrations, barbecues and oversized blue and white flags fluttering in the spring breeze as their country celebrated the 59th anniversary of its…

Spokesperson of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees, Sami Mosha’sha’, warned yesterday that the UNRWA may stop providing services to the Palestinian refugees unless an emergency…

Palestinian Information Minister Mustafa Barghouti called Sunday on the international community to pressure the Israeli authorities to consider absorbing 7,000 Palestinian refugees, currently residing in Jordan, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and…

Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, said on Friday that Israel will not accept the Right of Return of the Palestinian refugees. He told the Israeli 'Jerusalem Post' that this issue…

As attacks continued against the Palestinian refugees in Iraq, and as their conditions continued to worsen, they called on the Arab leaders holding a summit in Saudi Arabia to adopt…

The Palestinian Ministry of Refugees reported on Wednesday that the Palestinian refugees in Iraq were attacked 31 times in February, and that eight Palestinians were killed in separate attacks.The ministry…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said Monday that some pertinent issues require further attaention before the unity government can be finalized. He told the weekly cabinet meeting, “We have ended…

Living conditions of the Palestinian refugees in Iraq have been steadily deteriorating since the U.S invasion of the Arab country in 2003, Mahmoud Aljamali, coordinator of the Civil Network for…

Human rights organizations testify about Israel’s ongoing policy of population transfer, also known as “ethnic cleansing,” to the UN’s anti racism body. A press release by BADIL Resource Center for…

The Civil Network for aiding Palestinian Refugees in Iraq reported on Tuesday night that three Palestinian refugees were abducted by an armed group in one of Baghdad’s districts.The three were…

The Israeli police in the city of Jerusalem have released Shikh Raed Salah, the leader of the Islamic movement inside the green line, on Thursday morning while controversial demolition near…

At around 12:30 am this morning I was heading back to Bethlehem, by myself, from Ramallah so as to avoid the early morning delay at the dreaded Qalandia terminal. At…

Dirgham Abu Ramadan, one of the few doctors in Palestine who performs open-heart surgery, is now facing deportation by the Israeli government due to their new restrictions on foreigners living…

The Maan News Agency reported that twenty-seven Palestinian refugees where abducted on Tuesday at dawn by unknown gunmen in Baghdad; the incidents occured in Al Ameen neighborhoud, Al Sina'a, and…

A relationship that comes at the cost of Palestinian refugees: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West…

The Ministry of Refugees announced Monday that the Syrian government has agreed to allocate 10 dunams of land to build houses for the hundreds of Palestinian refugees fleeing Baghdad. The…

As the civil war in Iraq increases, sparked by the three-year U.S. military occupation of that country, Palestinian refugees that had been living in Iraq are fleeing in increasing numbers,…

I am writing this piece with tears falling from my eyes.  You know I am a Palestinian, you must know my friends from the West Bank are Palestinians as well. …

by Palestine News Network Last Wednesday, November 29, was the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181, the UN Partition Plan for partitioning Palestine of November 29,…

[My son] Yousuf and I, along with my parents, left the US to Gaza nearly 3 weeks ago.  For two of those weeks, we have been stuck 50 km from…

Nearly five decades have passed, thousands of Palestinian refugees in three northern West Bank camps see no signs of improvement on the horizon. Askar, Al Ein, and Balata refugee camps…

A study conducted by the Near-East Counseling Institution revealed that 71% of the Palestinian refugees are living in extreme poverty; the remaining 29% of the refugees are poor. Jamil Rabah,…

A clear and warm November evening; sun sets in a violence of color to the west over the sea and a full luminescent moon on the rise over Beit Hanoun…

Destruction in Al Ein refugee camp in Nablus, repeated invasions and attacks carried by the Israeli forces became a daily event over the last two weeks. The camp is one…

Commentators in the media and elsewhere proclaimed after the disengagement from Gaza that "the frontier posts in the Strip are now international crossings," and that "removing Israeli control of access…

Atef Adwan, the Palestinian Minister of Refugees, said that Jordan is planning to transfer  transfer hundreds of Palestinians, who fled violence in Iraq, to Canada. Refugees in the occupied West…

Palestinian refugees living under extremely difficult conditions in Lebanon have not received payments from the Palestinian Authority (P.A) since the Palestinian Legislative elections in March 2006, the Qatar based Al…

“Every living is made of water”,  said Mrs. Tariq Azahiman of Shu’fat Refugee Camp. She said that the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality has shut off the water supply to 7,000 residents…

The Association of Palestinian Refugees in Europe is calling upon the European Union, the United Nations, and the international community to move forthwith to protect the Palestinian people and call…

A report from the International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon says thatt hundreds of people have been displaced from the south of the country and from the suburbs…

Representative of the Palestinian Community in India, Abu Salah, penned a letter containing the series of painful realities Palestinians face while fleeing from Iraq as a result of the massacres…

In 2005, there were approximately 6.8 million Palestinian refugees and 400,000 internally displaced Palestinians representing 70 percent of the entire Palestinian population worldwide (9.7 million). The legal status of some…

Palestinian refugees in Iraq are once again being displaced, while their Right of Return is being ignored. Now, as some as being put in tent-camps in Syria and others are…

Two Palestinian refugees were reportedly killed in Iraq Monday in the latest wave of violence against the Palestinian refugee population in Iraq. Thousands of Palestinian refugees living in Iraq have…

Jordan should immediately reopen its border to Palestinian refugees fleeing violence in Iraq, nearly 150 of whom are currently in tents in a ‘no-mans land’ on the border between the…

In an escalation against the Palestinian community in Iraq, a group calling themselves the "Brigades of the Judgment Day" distributed a leaflet in the area of Huriyah in Baghdad city…

The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no-man’s-land on the Iraqi-Jordanian…

The United Nations expressed concern on Tuesday about the fate of 89 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, who fled Baghdad and have been stuck in no man’s land on…

Jordan has closed its border crossing with Iraq to prevent the entry of Palestinian residents in Iraq fleeing persecution amid the violence of the US-based occupation and subsequent civil strife.…

Whenever the security situation deteriorates in Lebanon, Palestinians refugees become the first sector affected by this deterioration, tension mounts and the refugee become uncertain of their already unclear fate. The…

An Arab newspaper published a report said to be conducted by Dr. Abdullah al-Saheemi, which revealed that Palestinian refugees are facing inhuman conditions and treatment in several Arabic countries. The…

The Political Bureau of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO, called on Tuesday for a conference for Palestinian living in Diaspora to be held during the last quarter of this year.…