WUSC Regina sponsored student Patience Umereweneza on the lives
lead by refugees who do not live in camps: Last semester WUSC
Regina came up with an awesome refugee awareness strategy on
campus by creating a mock refugee camp. This camp highlighted
the way of life in a refugee camp including issues faced by
refugees in the camps. These issues included women’s issues,
lack of food, lack of sanitation, and of course lack of
security. However not all refugees live in camps. In fact
according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR), only a third of the world’s refugees live in camps
today. This growing trend of urban refugees stems from the fact
that cities, unlike camps, create opportunities to stay
anonymous, make money, and build a better future. These urban
refugees claim that they have a slightly higher chance of
regaining control over their wellbeing than if they lived in
camps. There are, for example, hundreds of thousands of
Somalians living in Nairobi and vast numbers living in other