refugee camp
Temporary exile housing
A refugee camp is a temporary settlement providing shelter for people who have fled their home country due to war, persecution, or disaster.
Camps are typically administered by governments or international organizations and offer basic necessities—food, water, medical care—while residents await resettlement or safe return.
Despite being designed as temporary, some camps persist for decades: Three generations of her family were born in the refugee camp.
Portable fabric shelter
- tarpaulinWaterproof protective sheeting
- shackCrudely built hut
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- hutSmall crude dwelling
lean-to · dormitory · barracks · communal · overcrowded · canvas · prefab · sleeping mat
Shelter from persecution
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- statelessWithout national belonging
- exileBanishment from homeland
persecution · migration · border · escape · conflict · evacuee · war-torn · dispossessed
Support given freely
- reliefEasing of distress
- UNHCRUN body aiding refugees
- NGOIndependent charitable organization
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
medical · crisis · vulnerable · malnutrition · donations · charity · volunteers · human rights
Temporary military or refugee settlement
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- host countryNation organizing an event
- integrationCombining into a whole
- populationAll inhabitants combined
influx · long-term · semi-permanent · second generation · school · market · community · self-governance
tent
Portable fabric shelter
- tarpaulinWaterproof protective sheeting
- shackCrudely built hut
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
hut · lean-to · dormitory · barracks · communal · overcrowded · canvas · prefab · sleeping mat · blanket
asylum
Shelter from persecution
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- statelessWithout national belonging
exile · persecution · migration · border · escape · conflict · evacuee · war-torn · dispossessed · repatriation
aid
Support given freely
rationing · medical · crisis · vulnerable · malnutrition · donations · charity · volunteers · human rights · famine
encampment
Temporary military or refugee settlement
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- host countryNation organizing an event
- integrationCombining into a whole
population · influx · long-term · semi-permanent · second generation · school · market · community · self-governance · economy
sanitation
Cleanliness for public health
disease · scarcity · curfew · security · fence · checkpoint · rations · water tank · generator · mud
- temporary settlementstent city, emergency shelter
- campstent, tents, shelters, campsite, campground
- refugesrefuge, haven, safe haven, safe house, safehouse
- Conflict ZonesGaza, Ukraine, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq
- detention facilitiesjail, prison, cells, holding cell, inmates
- emergency sheltersemergency shelter, homeless shelter, disaster shelter, family shelter, night shelter
refugee camppermanent residence
Fixed long-term dwelling
ancestral home · affluent suburb · housing development · residential suburb · gated community
refugee camphomeland
One's native land
home country · safe haven · sanctuary · place of origin · motherland
refugee camppermanent home
Lasting place of residence
ancestral home · family estate · homestead · gated community · suburban home
camp, refugee, camps, refugees, refugee camps, internment camp