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
- (confused with) refugee shelter
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.