They have been conceptualised as a specific form of the institution “camp”, which in recent global history has represented a special type of the exertion of violence and domination (Greiner & Kramer, 2013). Refugee camps were theorised in the context of social processes of power, control ...
She had grown into a woman in a resistance camp where tribes tried to hold off the autocratic rule of the military junta in power. According to her children, things changed in April 1995 when Burmese soldiers seized the jungle community where they were located, torched houses and shot the vi...
Italy, Germany and the USA. Our results will be compared with the outcomes from these places. Once the project is finished, the results will be available on the web, or we can send them to you in hard copy or via email.
There are thousands of people at one camp in South Sudan. They fled there to escape the military conflict in the area. Camp officials say there has been a big increase in hepatitis E: a viral disease spread through bad food and water. ...
The contribution of personality and refugee camp experience to callous and unemotional traits among immigrant adolescents in the United States: Implications for the DSM-5 "Limited Prosocial Emotions" specifier. Child Psychiatry and Human Development 47 (2), 215-225....
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Joelle Hangi, Director, Refugee Artists and Authors, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya & Mariah Levin, Head of Forum of Young Global Leaders, World Economic Forum Forced migration is...
Background/Introduction: Health care delivery in refugee camps is challenging; the setting of a refugee camp is a unique context that presents barriers and one of the main problems is the fragmentation and difficulty in communication and information sharing among HCWs deployed in a camp, especially...
The semistructured survey reached 325 interviewees, properly selected among type of end-users (households, businesses and institutions) and their geographic location inside the camp (the settlement is divided into three villages). (3) The data collection was complemented by stakeholder interviews. ...
Brian Tomaszewski writes about his project to train Syrian refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to map the camp. “They have intimate knowledge of the camp’s layout, understand where important resources are located and benefit most from camp maps.” Over 18 months his team trained...
Tshishiku Henry fled his home in Democratic Republic of the Congo due to the violence between the Congolese and Rwandan governments. He sought refuge in Malawi, where he lived in a refugee camp for nearly a decade. Despite the loss, hunger and other challenges of life in the camp, Henry...