British detention camps in Cyprus

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The British detention camps in Cyprus were facilities operated by the British authorities from 1946 to 1949 to intern Jewish Holocaust survivors and other refugees attempting to reach Mandatory Palestine as part of the Aliyah Bet immigration efforts.

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British detention camps in Cyprus canonical 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British military installation ⓘ
detention camp system ⓘ
internment camp ⓘ
after Holocaust ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
chronology post–World War II period ⓘ
condition barbed wire enclosures ⓘ
military guard ⓘ
overcrowded ⓘ
country Cyprus ⓘ
detaineePopulation Jewish Holocaust survivors ⓘ
Jewish displaced persons ⓘ
illegal immigrants to Palestine ⓘ
refugees from Europe ⓘ
dissolved February 1949 ⓘ
endCause establishment of the State of Israel ⓘ
transfer of detainees to Israel ⓘ
endTime 1949 ⓘ
hasCause British restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palestine ⓘ
White Paper of 1939 immigration limits ⓘ
hasEffect delayed immigration to Palestine ⓘ
increased international criticism of British policy ⓘ
strengthening of Zionist resolve ⓘ
historicalPeriod late British Mandate in Palestine ⓘ
inception August 1946 ⓘ
location Dekelia area ⓘ
Dhekelia ⓘ
linked to: Dhekelia Garrison

Famagusta District ⓘ
linked to: Famagusta

Karaolos ⓘ
Pyla ⓘ
Xylotymbou ⓘ
linked to: Xylofagou
maintainedBy British Army ⓘ
British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
numberOfDetainees approximately 52,000 ⓘ
over 50,000 ⓘ
operator British Mandatory government ⓘ
British authorities ⓘ
partOf Aliyah Bet ⓘ
British policy on immigration to Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
reasonForLocation British control of Cyprus ⓘ
proximity to Palestine ⓘ
relatedTo Haganah ⓘ
Irgun ⓘ
Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
Mossad LeAliyah Bet ⓘ
linked to: Haganah

United Nations Special Committee on Palestine ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
usedFor detention of Holocaust survivors ⓘ
detention of illegal immigrants to Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
internment of Jewish refugees ⓘ

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Aliyah Bet → hasLocation → British detention camps in Cyprus ⓘ