ABSTRACT
The Press outside Jordan described many occasions on which furious refugees demonstrated against the regime. They put these protests down to their exasperation with the whole political entity of which they had become part, interpreting demonstrations as opposition to the monarch and his policy. The refugees' sense of what constituted a 'real' grievance was conditioned by their whole perspective on the international relief operation. They felt quite justified in all their protests and demonstrations. To sum up, most refugee demonstrations up to the mid-1950s centred mainly around the problems arising from the immediate need for more relief and better care. This is not to deny that refugees joined other political demonstrations, either because it served their interests to do so or expressed their political belief, or both. Moreover, they often conveyed a militant political image, which helped to secure the satisfaction of at least part of their demands.
