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There has been a significant Palestinian refugee problem over the last fifty years. Around 700 000 Arabs left their homes in Palestine during the fighting in 1948-9. The fighting was between Israel and the neighbouring Arab states. Most of the Palestinians went to the West Bank and the Gaza strip, though many also went to Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. It is thought that there are about 2.5 million Arab refugees today. After the 1948-9 war, the United Nations formed the UN Relief and Works Agency. This set up camps for the refugees and provided food, clothing, shelter and education. The conditions in the camps were really bad. They were cramped, with several families huddled together in tents without adequate food or sanitation. During the rain, the ground would become muddy, and made tents almost impossible to live in. Clothes and blankets were nearly always wet. Illness and disease was common, with...

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