The 1967 war refugee crisis…

Discarded notes at a UN Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) school in Rafah, Gaza. Unrwa administers more than 600 schools for Palestinian refugees [Unrwa archive]

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In this first of a series of pictures from 1967, Palestinian refugees can be seen possibly at the West Bank village of Qalqilya. The Arab-Israeli war has, over the decades, left more than 800,000 Palestinians unable to return home [Unrwa archive]

Palestinian family crossing Allenby Bridge in 1967 or 1968. Refugees fled for several years after the six-day war [Unrwa archive]

Another family fleeing across Allenby Bridge in 1967. The sign behind reads: Jericho and Jerusalem [Unrwa archive]

Refugees in 1967 or 1968 on the Allenby Bridge. The bridge crosses the Jordan river, connecting Jericho in the West Bank to the Kingdom of Jordan [Unrwa archive]

Palestinians in the Jordan Valley. More than 90 per cent of those who left their homes in 1967 fled to the Kingdom of Jordan [Unrwa archive]


Emergency tented camps were set up in the Jordan Valley after the 1967 war [Unrwa archive]



Refugees from the West Bank were effectively Jordanian citizens and thus eligible for some form of state benefit. But those from Gaza, which had been under Egyptian control, did not get the same benefits. [Unrwa archive]

A "right of return" for refugees has been a major point of contention in Arab-Israeli negotiations, with Israel concerned that the influx of refugees would outnumber the Jewish population [Unrwa archive]


Refugee numbers have gradually increased as families grow but in Jordan, UN figures show only 18 per cent of all refugees registered with Unrwa remain in camps [Unrwa archive]


An elderly Palestinian woman with an unidentified soldier in 1967 or 1968. Compared with those who fled, life for Palestinians under occupation remains much more difficult [Unrwa archive]