AhlulBayt News Agency: UNRWA said on Friday that the plight of Palestinian refugees remains “the world’s longest-standing unresolved refugee crisis,” calling on the international community to find a “just and lasting solution” to their question.
This came in a tweet published by the UN organization on its X platform page on the World Refugee Day, which falls on June 20 of each year.
“It is time to end this cycle. Displacement and war have affected the lives of generations of Palestinian families.”
UNRWA called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and contribute to “finding a just and durable solution to the plight of Palestine refugees.”
The UN agency also said that “in 1948 (during the Nakba), more than 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their towns and villages.”
“After 77 years, Palestinians are still being subjected to forced displacement,” it added.
UNRWA records, as of August 2023, indicate that the number of registered Palestinian refugees is approximately 5.9 million, of whom approximately 2.5 million reside in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, representing approximately 42 percent of the total number of registered refugees (15 percent in the West Bank and 27 percent in Gaza), according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
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