Dbayeh camp, located 12 km north of Beirut, was established in 1956 on a hill overlooking the Beirut-Tripoli highway.
It was originally established on a 61,450 sq m plot of land; in 1963, an additional 222,850 sq m were added. Both plots were rented by UNRWA from the monastery of Deir Mar Yussef, which overlooks the camp. Many of the camp’s residents came from the villages of Bassa and Kafr Berem in Palestine.
The ongoing Syria crisis has also led to the additional presence of Syrian refugees and Palestine Refugees from Syria (PRS) in the camp.
Last updated July 2023.
For more information about Dbayeh Camp (click here).
*This figure does not claim to represent the actual number present in the country as, for example, Palestine refugees may have left over the years and UNRWA does not track the habitual movement of refugees out of its fields of operation.
