At least a quarter of a million Palestinians have fled Kuwait and Iraq since last Aug. 2.
The first category of claims is the largest and easiest to qualify for: those who can prove that they fled Kuwait or Iraq after the invasion.
A double amputee, confined to a wheelchair, he says he fled Kuwait two weeks ago in a car with relatives.
A1 Palestinians forced to flee Kuwait are finding hardship and few opportunities in their new home of Jordan.
At least 200,000 Jordanians fled Kuwait for Jordan in the weeks and months after the Iraqi invasion.
Most of the delegates fled Kuwait after the troops invaded on Aug. 2.
The Crown Prince predicted that 2 million refugees would flee Iraq and Kuwait if war broke out.
Sheikh al-Habib fled Kuwait before he was sentenced in absentia to 10 years' imprisonment.
Because many fled Kuwait without money or possessions, they will cost the Government an extra $300 million in social services this year, the Government said.
These concerns were heightened last week when many foreign workers who fled Kuwait told of being stripped of the gold they had accumulated as savings.