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Mosaic
| Mar 27, 2013
Syrian refugees at the Suleiman Shah relief camp in the city of Akcakale near the Turkish border, clashed with military police after a protest against poor living conditions in the camp descended into violence. Police fired tear gas and water cann...
IBA News
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Mosaic
| Mar 13, 2013
According to Save the Children, two million Syrian children are facing malnutrition and disease, while tens of thousands are living in squalid conditions in refugee camps. In the report titled "Childhood Under Fire," the charity warns of an emergi...
Euronews
| Jan 17, 2013
Large numbers of refugees fleeing fighting in Mali have joined tens of thousands already in southern Mauritania and aid agencies warn that conditions in the camps are appalling and malnutrition is on the rise. Refugees from northern Mali are also ...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 16, 2013
In a refugee camp in southeast Turkey, Syrian refugees are getting a taste of democracy. Elections are being held for a council to run the camp known as "Container City." The candidates -- who include plenty of women -- describe the vote as prepar...
Al Jazeera English
| Jan 12, 2013
The worst storms in a decade may have passed, but for many Syrian refugees living in camps along the borders, the weather remains bitterly cold. In Turkey, temperatures are falling below zero at night but aid agencies there are credited with offer...
Associated Press
| Jan 8, 2013
The harsh realities of winter have set in for the Syrian refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp, which has left many angry and frustrated by their current living situation. Heavy rain and bitter cold have already taken their toll on the refugees' fl...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 30, 2012
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the war in Syria will be over soon. He made the statement in a visit to refugee camps on the border. It comes as the Syrian army steps up its campaign against opposition fighters.
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 18, 2012
Clashes between rebels and armed Palestinians loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have continued in a Damascus neighbourhood inhabited mainly by Palestinian refugees. Residents in Yarmouk camp said several mortar rounds landed in the neighbo...
BBC Arabic
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Mosaic
| Dec 11, 2012
After 21 months of revolution in Syria, refugees continue to flood into neighboring Turkey. BBC Arabic reports on conditions inside the refugee camps and how Turkey plans to respond to ever-increasing numbers of those fleeing violence in Syria.
Euronews
| Dec 2, 2012
United Nations officials are investigating a brutal attack by armed men on a refugee camp near Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo where several women were raped, refugees' belongings were stolen, and teens kidnapped to help carry away the ha...
— Sep 30, 2011 at 03:06 am
...at a security checkpoint in the Maghazi refugee camp, AFP reported, citing the residents of the camp. There were no immediate reports of casualt...
— Jul 12, 2012 at 03:08 am
(AP) / 10 July 2012 Jordan opened a new refugee camp on Tuesday near the border with Syria to accommodate the growing number of people fleeing the ...
— Mar 13 at 07:52 am
...The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall are visiting a refugee camp in Jordan which is home to people fleeing the conflict in neighbouring S...
— last Sunday at 03:36 am
A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people may live in any one single camp. Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations, or international organizations, or NGOs.
Refugee camps are generally set up in an impromptu fashion and designed to meet basic human needs for only a short time. Some refugee camps are dirty and unhygienic. If the return of refugees is prevented, a humanitarian crisis can result.
Some refugee camps have existed for decades and some people can stay in refugee camps for decades, both of which have major implications for human rights. Some grow into permanent settlements and even merge with nearby older communities, such as Ein el-Helweh and Deir al-Balah.
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