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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.