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==Emigration From State of Palestine== | ==Emigration From State of Palestine== | ||
<ref> | *Since the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Palestinians have experienced several waves of exile and have spread into different host countries around the world. | ||
*In addition to the more than 700,000 '''Palestinian refugees of 1948''', hundreds of thousands were also '''displaced in the 1967 Six-Day War'''. | |||
*In fact, after 1967, a number of young Palestinian men were encouraged to '''migrate to South America'''. | |||
*Together, these 1948 and 1967 refugees make up the majority of the Palestinian diaspora. | |||
*Besides those displaced by war, others have '''emigrated overseas for various reasons such as work opportunity, education and religious persecution''' | |||
*In the decade following the 1967 war, for example, an average of 21,000 Palestinians per year were forced out of Israeli-controlled areas.The pattern of Palestinian flight continued during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.<ref>"Palestinian diaspora," in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_diaspora, accessed 8 August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ==Records of Emigrants in Their Destination Nations== | ||