What is Refugee camp?
When there is a [[war]] or some other armed conflict in a country, many people will try to flee (run away) from that country. They will go to other countries, around the country where there is no war. Because they fled, they are called [[refugee]]s. If there are just a few refugees coming into a country it is generally no problem to get housing for them somewhere. However, if there are many (or if the [[government]] of a country expects many) refugees, it may build what is called a '''refugee camp'''. This is usually done by putting many tents, and a few toilets and showers on an unused plot (stretch) of land. This is usually land where no one wants to live. Usually the governments hope that conflicts get resolved soon, and that those camps are only temporary. This has not been the case for the refugee camps in the [[Gaza Strip]], for example. Those camps have existed since the mid-1970s. <gallery> File:Elley-Sinai-refugee-camp01.jpg|Av refugee camp in the Gaza Strip File:Refugee camp in Guinea.jpg|A refugee camp in [[Guinea]] File:Rwandan refugee camp in east Zaire.jpg|A [[Rwanda]]n refugee camp in east [[Zaire]] File:Kiziba refugee camp.jpg|A Congolese refugee camp in Rwanda </gallery> ==Related pages== * [[Tent city]] * [[Burj el-Barajneh]] refugee camp in the [[Lebanon]] * [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR) * [[United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]] ==Other websites== {{commonscat|Refugee camps}} * [http://www.sheltercentre.org/shelterlibrary/publications/202.htm Camp Management Toolkit] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214215822/http://www.sheltercentre.org//shelterlibrary/publications/202.htm |date=2007-12-14 }} published by [[Norwegian Refugee Council]] * [http://www.sheltercentre.org/shelterlibrary/ Shelter Library] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027172710/http://www.sheltercentre.org/shelterlibrary/ |date=2007-10-27 }} Resource for organisations responding to the transitional settlement and shelter n