Palestinian refugees

Video: Refugees ‘stranded’ in Iraq

 

 
 Palestinians ‘stranded’ in Iraq refugee camp 
 

The creation of the state of Israel in 1948 triggered an exodus of millions of Palestinian refugees across the middle east, including a community who found refuge in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.

But, facing persecution from Iraqi militias after the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, many Palestinians fled to the Al Waleed refugee camp near the Iraqi-Syrian border.

As Al Jazeera’s Nisreen El Shamayleh reports, these refugees say they now live in “horrendous” conditions.