Refugee camp

Equivalents

Uprchlický tábor — Flüchtlingslager — Campo profughi — Obóz dla uchodźców

Related terms

• (hosts) refugees (who wait for obtaining) refugee status
• (is set up as a consequence of) wave of refugees, refugee crisis, humanitarian crisis
• (can take on the form of) tent city

Definition

Refugee camps are temporary settlements created to provide refugees with immediate aid and protection.

Source: https://www.savethechildren.org/

The refugee camp is developed in a state of emergency, a spontaneous solution to accommodate high numbers of migrants.

Source: https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/

Refugee camps are initially designed as a short-term solution to keep people safe during specific emergencies, but emergency situations can become protracted, resulting in people living in camps for years or even decades.

Source: https://www.unrefugees.org/

Encyclopaedic information

Security in a refugee camp is usually the responsibility of the host country and is provided by the military or local police.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/

The services provided in refugee camps are often also offered to the host communities.

Source: https://www.unrefugees.org/

Collocations

• to live in a refugee camp
• to wait in a refugee camp
• to leave a refugee camp
• to create, develop, establish, open, set up a refugee camp
• to run a refugee camp

Examples

More than 80% of registered Syrian refugees in the neighboring countries live in communities and cities instead of refugee camps.

Source: https://e-jlia.com/

About 16,000 people remain in refugee camps in Greece, and many of them are going hungry because they lack the same rights that are being guaranteed to Ukrainians.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/

The Moria refugee camp on the Greek island Lesbos is one of those locations, and has been described by the NGO as the 'worst refugee camp on Earth'.

Source: https://www.vogue.co.uk/

Note

Not to be confused with Refugee hotspot and Refugee shelter.