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State of Palestine Emigration and Immigration (view source)
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*Together, these 1948 and 1967 refugees make up the majority of the Palestinian diaspora. | *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''' | *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> | *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. | ||
*'''The countries outside the Palestinian territories with significant Palestinian populations are:''' | |||
* [[Jordan]] 3,240,000 | |||
* [[Israel]] 1,650,000 | |||
* [[Syria]] 630,000 | |||
* [[Chile]] 500,000 (largest Palestinian community outside the Middle East). | |||
* [[Lebanon]] 402,582 | |||
* [[Saudi Arabia]] 280,245 | |||
* [[Egypt]] 270,245 | |||
* [[United States]] 255,000 (the largest concentrations in [[Chicago]], [[Detroit]] and [[Los Angeles]]; [[History of Palestinians in Los Angeles]]). | |||
* [[Honduras]] 250,000 | |||
* [[Guatemala]] est. 200,000 | |||
* [[Mexico]] 120,000 | |||
* [[Qatar]] 100,000 | |||
* [[Germany]] 80,000 | |||
* [[Kuwait]] 80,000 | |||
* [[El Salvador]] 70,000 | |||
* [[Brazil]] 59,000 | |||
* [[Iraq]] 57,000 | |||
* [[Yemen]] 55,000 | |||
* [[Canada]] 50,975 | |||
* [[Australia]] 45,000 | |||
* [[Libya]] 44,000 | |||
* [[Puerto Rico]] est. 30,000 | |||
* [[Greece]] est. 30,000 | |||
* [[United Kingdom]] 20,000 | |||
* [[Peru]] 19,000 | |||
* [[Denmark]] 15,000 | |||
* [[Colombia]] 12,000 | |||
* [[Japan]] est. 10,000 | |||
* [[Paraguay]] 10.000 | |||
* [[Netherlands]] 9,000 | |||
* [[Sweden]] 7,000 | |||
* [[Algeria]] 4,030 | |||
* [[Austria]] 4,010 | |||
* [[Norway]] 3,825 | |||
* The rest of [[Latin America]], [[India]], [[Russia]], [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] and [[East Asia]] has fairly small Palestinian populations. {{citation needed|date=March 2016}} | |||
The majority of the estimated 100,000 Palestinians in the [[European Union]] (EU) are in the [[United Kingdom]], [[Denmark]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Italy]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Spain]] and [[Sweden]]. Outside the EU is [[Norway]] and [[Switzerland]]. Germany's capital [[Berlin]] has one of the largest Palestinian communities outside of the Middle East with about 30,000-40,000 people of Palestinian origin residing in the city (~1% of the total population) .<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055244/http://www.schule-ohne-rassismus.org/fileadmin/pdf/stadt_der_vielfalt_bf.pdf]</ref> | |||
<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== | ||