Definition of Refugee camp

1. Noun. Shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs.

Exact synonyms: Camp
Generic synonyms: Shelter

Definition of Refugee camp

1. Noun. A camp where refugees seek shelter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Refugee Camp

refueler
refuelers
refueling
refuelings
refuellable
refuelled
refueller
refuellers
refuelling
refuellings
refuels
refuge
refuge island
refuged
refugee
refugee camp (current term)
refugeehood
refugeeism
refugeeisms
refugees
refuges
refugia
refuging
refugium
refujew
refujews
refulgence
refulgences
refulgency
refulgent

Literary usage of Refugee camp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"NB claimed that he spent three days in a field hospital in the refugee camp due to head wounds. Human Right Watch saw a scar on ..."

2. Hidden in Plain View: Refugees Living Without Protection in Nairobi and Kampala by Alison Parker, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002)
"45 See "Riot Police Rushed to Quell refugee camp Riots," New Vision ... See BBC Monitoring Service, "Rebels Attack refugee camp in West," September 7, 2000. ..."

3. The Hmong, 1987-1995: A Selected & Annotated Bibliography edited by Christina J. Smith (1996)
"Author contends that the refugee camp experience produces, over time, a refugee consciousness, or identity, by transforming domestic, productive and ..."

4. San Francisco in Ruins: A Pictorial History of Eight Score Photo-views of by James David Givens, A. M. Allison (1906)
"... ¡REE HOT MEALS refugee camp on Gas-House Flats, at Lombard Street, near Fort Mason. Los Angeles Belief Committee's Food Station in Golden Gate Park; ..."

5. Prohibited Persons: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"... had hit the camp," one resident commented.336 "'Human Rights Watch interview with Thomas Jing, Cameroonian refugee, Ga'Rankuwa refugee camp, Pretoria, ..."

6. Civilian Devastation: Abuses by All Parties in the War in Southern Sudan by Jemera Rone, John Prendergast, Karen Sorensen (1994)
"The minors who remained in Kenya were moved to a newly created refugee camp at Kakuma, Kenya, which, as of late June, 1993, had 28000 Sudanese refugees, ..."

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