Shatila refugee camp

It is located in southern Beirut, Lebanon and houses more than 9,842 registered Palestine refugees.

[2] 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.

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

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.