Difference between revisions of "Refugee camp"
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=== Equivalents === | === Equivalents === | ||
[[Uprchlický tábor]] — [[Flüchtlingslager]] — [[Campo profughi]] — [[Obóz dla uchodźców]] | |||
=== Related terms === | === Related terms === | ||
* (hosts) [[Refugee|refugees]] | * (''hosts'') [[Refugee|refugees]] | ||
* (is due to the) [[refugee crisis]] ( | *(''hosts refugees that wait for obtaining'') [[refugee status]] | ||
* (''is due to the'') [[refugee crisis]], [[humanitarian crisis]] | |||
*(''can take on a form of'') [[tent city]] | |||
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=== Definition === | === Definition === | ||
Refugee camps are temporary settlements created to provide refugees with immediate aid and protection. | |||
<small>Source: </small> | <small>Source: [https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/emergency-response/refugee-children-crisis/what-is-refugee https://www.savethechildren.org/]</small> | ||
The refugee camp is developed in a state of emergency, a spontaneous solution to accommodate high numbers of migrants. | |||
<small>Source: [https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40878-017-0069-8 https://comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/]</small> | |||
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. | |||
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/refugee-camps-explained/ | |||
=== Encyclopaedic information === | === Encyclopaedic information === | ||
Security in a refugee camp is usually the responsibility of the host country and is provided by the military or local police. | |||
<small>Source: </small> | <small>Source: [[wikipedia:Refugee_camp|https://en.wikipedia.org/]]</small> | ||
The services provided in refugee camps are often also offered to the host communities. | |||
<small>Source: [https://www.unrefugees.org/news/refugee-camps-explained/ https://www.unrefugees.org/]</small> | |||
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=== Collocations === | === 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 === | === Examples === | ||
<small>Source: </small> | <blockquote>More than 80% of registered Syrian refugees in the neighboring countries live in communities and cities instead of '''refugee camps'''.</blockquote><small>Source: [https://e-jlia.com/papers/4_2.pdf https://e-jlia.com/]</small><blockquote>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.</blockquote><small>Source: [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/opinion/ukraine-russia-war-refugees.html https://www.nytimes.com/]</small><blockquote>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'.</blockquote><small>Source: [https://www.vogue.co.uk/news/article/refugee-camp-coronavirus https://www.vogue.co.uk/]</small> | ||
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=== Note === | === Note === | ||
Not to be confused with [[Refugee hotspot]] and [[Refugee shelter]]. | |||
Revision as of 17:38, 21 June 2022
Equivalents
Uprchlický tábor — Flüchtlingslager — Campo profughi — Obóz dla uchodźców
Related terms
- (hosts) refugees
- (hosts refugees that wait for obtaining) refugee status
- (is due to the) refugee crisis, humanitarian crisis
- (can take on a 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.
https://www.unrefugees.org/news/refugee-camps-explained/
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.