El-Buss refugee camp
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| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | South |
| District | Tyre |
| Population | 11,254 |
El-Buss (Arabic: مخيم البص) is a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon. It is located north of Tyre.
History
El-Buss was originally a camp for Armenian refugees, set up in 1935–36 by the French authorities in Mandatory Lebanon.[1][2] Later, when Palestinian refugees began arriving in independent Lebanon, El-Buss was one of the first sites which was assigned as a Palestinian transit camp.[1][2] The majority of the first wave of Palestinians who settled in El-Buss were Palestinian Christians from Haifa and Akka.[1]
Soon the camp was overcrowded and more camps were set up in other parts of the country. Initially, Armenians and Palestinians cohabited in the camp. The Armenian inhabitants later left.[2]
Gradually, large parts of the Christian population moved out of the camp.[2] The camp had 3,911 inhabitants in 1968. By 1977, the UNRWA census put the population at 4,643.[1] By 1999, UNRWA estimated the population to be 9,498.[2] Compared with other refugee camps in Lebanon, the El-Buss refugee camp has been characterized by a higher degree of integration between Lebanese and Palestinians. A public hospital set up inside the camp area is still used by Lebanese citizens. Palestinian Christians in the camp attend the same church as Lebanese Christians.[2]
Arab–Israeli conflict
The camp suffered extensive damage in Israeli air and navy attacks in March-April 1978.[1] A contemporary United Nations report said that only half of the houses in the camp were not either badly damaged or destroyed during the 1982 Israeli invasion.[3][4] The Advisory Committee on Human Rights of the American Friends Service Committee termed the destruction of homes in El-Buss "systematic".[5]
See also
References
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Palestine refugee camps locations and populations as of 2015[1]
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