Difference between revisions of "Refugee shelter"

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* (hosts) [[Refugee|'''refugees''']] (waiting to receiver their) [[refugee status]]
* (hosts) [[Refugee|'''refugees''']] (waiting to receiver their) [[refugee status]]
*(usually constitutes a part of) [[Refugee camp|'''refugee camp''']]
*(usually constitutes a part of) [[Refugee camp|'''refugee camp''']]
*(can take on a form of) a [[tent city]]
*(can take on the form of) a [[tent city]]
*(constitutes a means to mitigate) '''[[humanitarian crisis]], [[refugee crisis]]'''
*(constitutes a means to mitigate) '''[[humanitarian crisis]], [[refugee crisis]]'''
===Encyclopaedic information===
===Encyclopaedic information===

Revision as of 14:43, 23 June 2022

Equivalents

PřístřešíFlüchtlingsunterkunftCAS (Centro di Accoglienza Straordinario)Ośrodek dla uchodźców

Related terms

Encyclopaedic information

Shelters may sometimes be built by refugees themselves with locally available materials, but aid agencies may supply materials or even prefabricated housing.

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

With the institutionalization of accommodation as part of asylum laws, legal and administrative terms such as (reception and accommodation) centers, (asylum) shelters , and homes have emerged.

Source: https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-017-0069-8

Synonyms and variants

  • shelter
  • asylum shelter

Collocations

  • emergency shelter
  • temporary shelter
  • to seek shelter
  • to provide shelter
  • to build shelter

Examples

Many refugees end up living in camps where access to shelter , clean water and toilets is not always guaranteed.

Source: https://www.worldvision.org.uk/about/blogs/what-is-a-refugee-and-what-is-a-refugee-crisis/

Emergency shelters have introduced a paradigm shift in Berlin's refugee housing strategy: Since 2014, it has become the most common arrangement.

Source: https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-017-0069-8

After registration, they are given food rations (until then only high energy biscuits), receive ration cards (the primary marker of refugee status), soap, jerrycans, kitchen sets, sleeping mats, plastic tarpaulins to build shelters (some receive tents or fabricated shelters).

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

Note

Prevailingly used in the bare form of "shelter" with an associative meaning of "refugee shelter".