Unprotected among brothers: Palestinians in the Arab world

This RSC working paper examines the plight of Palestinian refugees. Here, the author aims to trace the political and legal ripple effects of the Nakbah - the mass displacement of Palestinians from historic Palestine beginning in 1948 - for those refugees who found refuge in Arab states outside the bounds of international attempts at their assistance and protection. Presented is a legal and political analysis of 'protection gaps' - in short, the lack of international and national protection that should, in principle, be guaranteed to all refugees - for Palestinian refugees in Iraq, Libya, Egypt and Kuwait, all with considerable current or past Palestinian populations.