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Cyprus internment camps (1946–49)

On the Refugee crises map as “The Cyprus camps”

Aug 1946–Feb 1949 — Britain intercepts Jewish refugees sailing for Palestine and interns them in camps near Famagusta, Cyprus. About 52,000 people pass through the camps, where some 2,000 children are born behind the wire. The last detainees leave for Israel in early 1949.

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Turning point
Chapter
Displaced persons camps after WW2 (chapter 4 of Refugee crises)
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Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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Map showing Cyprus internment camps (1946–49), turning point in Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
TURNING POINT · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990

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