United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

Lex Takkenberg

Chapter 102 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 592-596 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This entry sets out the background to the establishment of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the only UN agency with a regional mandate for a specific group of forced displaced persons. It also discusses the agency's role and evolution since its establishment in 1949 as well as its current challenges.

Keywords: UNRWA; Palestinian refugees; UNCCP; 1948 Arab-Israeli War; Right to return; Middle East Peace Process (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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