Three main refugee camps were established in Cyprus to house Jewish refugees arriving by boat from Europe - Caraolos, Dekhelia, and Xylotymvou. Caraolos consisted of three contiguous camps housing a total of 7,000 people, mostly in tents. Camp 55 at Caraolos was isolated by barbed wire and held 2,300 refugees. The Dekhelia camps housed around 11,000 refugees in Nissen huts, as they were intended to serve as winter camps. Between August 1946 and April 1948, over 50,000 Jewish refugees arrived in Cyprus aboard over 40 ships fleeing Europe listed in the document.

1. ‫גלות‬‫קפריסין‬
Cyprus Camps

3. Cyprus Camps
Caraolos, Dekhelia, Xylotymvou

4. Site Camps Description
Caraolos Camps 60, 61, 62 contiguous
with freedom of access
among them, close to the
Mediterranean, 7'000 persons
Camp 55 isolated by barbed
wire, 2'300 persons
Mostly tents:
"Summer Camps"
Dekhelia Camps 65 (children's village),
66 and 67 on one side of the
road, 64 and 68 on the other
side, bridge connecting both
sides, 11'000 persons
Mostly "Nissen" huts (metal
sheets): "Winter Camps"
(32 – 46 °C in summer)

5. Refugee Boats which have been brought to Cyprus
Name of Boat Date of Arrival Number of Refugees
Yagour 12.08.46 598
Henrietta Szold 12.08.46 700
Katriel Joffe 13.08.46 565
Kaf Gimel 15.08.46 835
Four Freedoms 03.09.46 960
Palmach 22.09.46 594
Bracha Fuld 22.10.46 812
Latrun 31.10.46 1200
Knesseth Israel 30.11.46 3900
Rafiach 14.12.46 710
Lanegev 11.02.47 651
Hamaapil Haalmoni 18.02.47 804
Chaim Arlosoroff 01.03.47 1387
Avril (Ben Hecht) 10.03.47 600
Shabatai Lezinski 15.03.47 835
Moledeth 30.03.47 1577
Theodor Herzl 18.04.47 2538
Shear Yashuv 24.04.47 761
Hatiqva 18.05.47
Mordei Hagetaoth 26.05.47 1456
Yehuda Halevi 01.06.47 387
Shavei Zion 27.07.47
1022
Giborei Gesher Azib 27.07.47
Af-Al-Pi-Chen 28.09.47 434
Geula 04.10.47
3743
Medinath Hayehudim 04.10.47
Kadima 17.11.47 781
Lo Tafchidunu 24.12.47 851
November 29 31.12.47 683
Pan Crescent 01.01.48
15230
Pan York 01.01.48
35 Heroes of Kfar Etzyon 02.02.48 280
Jerusalem Besieged 12.02.48 677
Komemiyut 21.02.48 691
Builders and Fighters 01.03.48 982
Yechiam 30.03.48 783
Tirath Zwi 14.04.48 832
Mishmar Haemek 26.04.48 801
Nachshon 28.04.48 570
Total 50230

15. Moshe Laub

18. Dr. Walter Falk