Refugee camp

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Refugee camp for Rwandans located in what is now the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo following the Rwandan Genocide

A refugee camp is a camp built up by governments or NGOs (such as the ICRC) to receive refugees. Thousands of people may live in refugee camps.

Since refugee camps are generally set up in an impromotu fashion, and designed to meet basic human needs for a short time, when civil war or other problems prevent the return of refugees, or children essentially grow up in the camps, a humanitarian crisis can result.

Facilities of a refugee camp can include the following:

• sleeping accommodations (tents)
• hygiene facilities (cleaning and toilets)
• medical supplies
• communication equipment (e.g. radio)

• Nabatieh camp
• four near Tindouf
• Buduburam refugee camp, home to 40,000 Liberians

• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

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