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Refugee camps

Scope note

Use for temporary, often spontaneously established, settlements of displaced peoples along borders of neighboring or nearby countries, generally having minimal shelter, supplies, and sanitary facilities and created without the granting of technical asylum.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000120676

Equivalent Terms used

refugee camp

Created

13yrs ago

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