refugee center
Displaced persons haven
A refugee center is a facility that provides temporary shelter, services, and assistance to people who have fled their home countries due to war, persecution, or disaster.
These centers may offer housing, food, medical care, legal aid, and help with resettlement.
Also called a refugee camp when more temporary or less structured: Thousands waited at the refugee center for processing.
- asylumShelter from persecution
- asylum seekerOne requesting official protection
- shelterProtected place or structure
- temporary shelterImpermanent place of refuge
- safe havenProtected place of shelter
displaced · war zone · migrants · immigration · host country · legal status · camp · aid · humanitarian · border · processing · detention · resettlement · new life · fleeing · long journey · sanctuary · intake
- border controlvisa requirements, passport control, guard, border crossing, border security
- cultural diversitycultural diversity, ethnic enclave, ethnic neighborhoods, Chinatown, Little Italy
- emergency facilitiesfire station, police station, hospital, emergency room, ER
refugee centerfamily home
Residence shared by kin
permanent residence · ancestral home · homestead · private residence · apartment
refugee centerhomeland
One's native land
home country · birthplace · motherland · place of origin · hometown
refugee centerdeportation center
Facility for holding those awaiting removal
detention facility · departure lounge · embassy · border checkpoint
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