refugee camp

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noun

A temporary settlement established to provide shelter and basic services for people displaced from their homes by conflict, persecution, or disaster.

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Rahela Begum survived the horrors of war in Myanmar and life in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh -- only to end up drifting at sea, clinging to a wooden plank.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

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asylum center
humanitarian reception center
displacement camp
displaced persons camp
resettlement center

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ancestral home
permanent residence
settled community