• The Returnees Camp in Homs was established between 1948 and 1949 in the heart of Homs, 160 km north of Damascus, on an area of ​​150,000 m² near Homs University (formerly Al-Baath University). It was originally a military barracks for the French Mandate forces containing dormitories and military buildings.

• The neighborhood had approximately 3,500 residents when it was established, while the number of Palestinian refugees there in 2011 was approximately 22,000.

• The camp’s residents come from different cities: Haifa, Jaffa, Acre, Nazareth, Tiberias, and from the villages of Tarshiha, Al-Shajara, Al-Tira, Ein Zeitoun, Al-Jish, Al-Zeeb, Lubya, Mi’ar, Amqa, Faradiya, Deir al-Asad, Al-Nahr, Al-Dhahiriya, and Saffuriya.