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[[Image:Shatila.theora.ogv|thumb|Life in Shatila]]
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The '''Shatila refugee camp''' ({{lang-ar|مخيم شاتيلا}}), also known as the '''Chatila refugee camp''', is a [[refugee camp]], originally set-up for [[Palestinian refugee]]s in 1949. It is located in southern [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees.<ref name="UNRWAShatila">{{cite web |url=http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/camp-profiles?field=15&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=2#qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block |title=Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila |publisher=[[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East|UNRWA]] |date= |accessdate=1 January 2014}}</ref> Since the eruption of the [[Syrian Civil War]], the camp has swollen with [[Syrian refugees]], receiving mostly the poor Syrians, fleeing their country. As of 2014, the camp's population is estimated to be from 10,000 to 22,000.<ref name="BBCSR">[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26816043 Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon's camps]</ref>
The '''Shatila refugee camp''' ({{lang-ar|مخيم شاتيلا}}), also known as the '''Chatila refugee camp''', is a settlement originally set up for [[Palestinian refugee]]s in 1949. It is located in southern [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees.<ref name="UNRWAShatila">{{cite web |url=http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/camp-profiles?field=15&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=2#qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block |title=Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila |publisher=[[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East|UNRWA]] |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=1 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801000835/http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/camp-profiles?field=15&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=2#qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block |url-status=live }}</ref> Since the eruption of the [[Syrian Civil War]], the [[refugee camp]] has received a large number of [[Syrian refugees]]. In 2014, the camp's population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000.<ref name="BBCSR">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26816043|title=Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon's camps|work=BBC News|date=3 April 2014|access-date=28 September 2023|archive-date=24 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524034807/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26816043|url-status=live}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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===During Lebanese Civil War===
===During Lebanese Civil War===
The [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]] was the slaughter of between 762 and 3,500 civilians, mostly [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] and [[Shia Islam in Lebanon|Lebanese Shiites]], by a the [[Kataeb]] militia in the Sabra neighborhood and Shatila from approximately 6:00 pm 16 September to 8:00 am 18 September 1982.<ref name=malone>{{cite journal|last=Malone|first=Linda A.|title=The Kahan Report, Ariel Sharon and the SabraShatilla Massacres in Lebanon: Responsibility Under International Law for Massacres of Civilian Populations|journal=Utah Law Review|year=1985|pages=373–433|url=http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1606&context=facpubs&sei-redir=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fscholar.google.com.tr%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmassacres%2Bin%2Blebanon%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22massacres%20lebanon%22|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
The [[Sabra and Shatila massacre]] was the slaughter of between 762 and 3,500 civilians, mostly [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]] and [[Shia Islam in Lebanon|Lebanese Shiites]], by the [[Elie Hobeika|Hobeika]]-led militia and the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] in the Sabra neighborhood of southern [[Beirut]] and the nearby Shatila refugee camp from approximately 6:00 pm on 16 September to 8:00 am on 18 September 1982.<ref name=malone>{{cite journal |last= Malone |first= Linda A. |title= The Kahan Report, Ariel Sharon and the Sabra-Shatilla Massacres in Lebanon: Responsibility Under International Law for Massacres of Civilian Populations |journal= Utah Law Review |year= 1985 |pages= 373–433 |url= http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1606&context=facpubs&sei-redir=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fscholar.google.com.tr%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmassacres%2Bin%2Blebanon%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22massacres%20lebanon%22 |access-date= 1 January 2013 |archive-date= 12 October 2017 |archive-url= https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171012093838/http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1606&context=facpubs&sei-redir=1&referer=https%3A%2F%2Frp.liu233w.com%3A443%2Fhttp%2Fscholar.google.com.tr%2Fscholar%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Dmassacres%2Bin%2Blebanon%26btnG%3D%26as_sdt%3D1%252C5%26as_sdtp%3D#search=%22massacres%20lebanon%22 |url-status= live }}</ref>


===During Syrian Civil War===
===During Syrian Civil War===
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==Management==
==Management==
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[[Image:Shatila.theora.ogv|thumb|Life in Shatila, a film from 2009]]
The camp comprises approximately one square kilometer and thus has an exceptionally high population density.<ref>[http://www.ifrc.org/docs/news/02/042901/]</ref>
The camp comprises approximately one square kilometer and thus has an exceptionally high population density.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifrc.org/docs/news/02/042901/|title=News and media|work=ifrc.org|access-date=2006-08-23|archive-date=2006-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060826022819/http://www.ifrc.org/docs/news/02/042901/|url-status=live}}</ref>


[[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East|UNRWA]] operates one health center and two primary schools within the camp. [[Non-governmental organization]]s active in the camp include Al-Najda, Beit Atfal Al-Soumoud, Norwegian Peoples' Aid, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Association Najdeh.<ref>[http://www.association-najdeh.org/english/index.html Association Najdeh]</ref>
[[UNRWA]] operates one health center and two primary schools within the camp. [[Non-governmental organization]]s active in the camp include Al-Najda, Beit Atfal Al-Soumoud, Norwegian Peoples' Aid, Doctors Without Borders, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Association Najdeh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.association-najdeh.org/english/index.html|title=Association Najdeh|work=association-najdeh.org|access-date=2023-09-28|archive-date=2016-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415092425/http://www.association-najdeh.org/english/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/camp-profiles?field=15&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=2#qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila]
* [http://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/lebanon/camp-profiles?field=15&qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block=2#qt-view__camps__camp_profiles_block Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila]
* [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/694/Windward-between-Naples-and-Baghdad Windward between Naples and Baghdad]
* [http://www.cultureunplugged.com/play/694/Windward-between-Naples-and-Baghdad Windward between Naples and Baghdad]
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Shatila in 2019
Shatila in 2003

The Shatila refugee camp (Arabic: مخيم شاتيلا), also known as the Chatila refugee camp, is a settlement originally set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949. It is located in southern Beirut, Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees.[1] Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War, the refugee camp has received a large number of Syrian refugees. In 2014, the camp's population was estimated to be between 10,000 and 22,000.[2]

History

Establishment

Shatila was set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross to accommodate hundreds of refugees who came there after 1948.[1] They were from villages around the area of Amka, Majd al-Krum and Yajur in northern Palestine.[1]

During Lebanese Civil War

The Sabra and Shatila massacre was the slaughter of between 762 and 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shiites, by the Hobeika-led militia and the IDF in the Sabra neighborhood of southern Beirut and the nearby Shatila refugee camp from approximately 6:00 pm on 16 September to 8:00 am on 18 September 1982.[3]

During Syrian Civil War

School in the camp

Since the eruption of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, Lebanon's population has swelled by more than 1 million Syrian refugees. The camp has also swollen with Syrian refugees, receiving mostly the poor Syrians. As of 2014, the camp's population is estimated to be from 10,000 to 22,000.[2]

Management

Life in Shatila, a film from 2009

The camp comprises approximately one square kilometer and thus has an exceptionally high population density.[4]

UNRWA operates one health center and two primary schools within the camp. Non-governmental organizations active in the camp include Al-Najda, Beit Atfal Al-Soumoud, Norwegian Peoples' Aid, Doctors Without Borders, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the Association Najdeh.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lebanon - Camp Profiles - Shatila". UNRWA. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon's camps". BBC News. 3 April 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ Malone, Linda A. (1985). "The Kahan Report, Ariel Sharon and the Sabra-Shatilla Massacres in Lebanon: Responsibility Under International Law for Massacres of Civilian Populations". Utah Law Review: 373–433. Archived from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  4. ^ "News and media". ifrc.org. Archived from the original on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 23 August 2006.
  5. ^ "Association Najdeh". association-najdeh.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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