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transit camp

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noun

  1. a camp in which refugees, soldiers, etc, live temporarily before moving to another destination

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It took 16-year-old Mounir Abderahmane 11 days to reach the Tine refugee transit camp in Chad, crossing arid plains after fleeing the bloodshed in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher.

From Barron's Nov. 14, 2025

He was referring to the Gashora transit camp, which we visit on a hot Thursday afternoon.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2023

While waiting at the interim transit camp in the United Arab Emirates, he asked for writing supplies for the children so he could teach them English before they arrived in the U.S.,

From Seattle Times Jul. 7, 2023

On June 20, 1943, Ms. Pick-Goslar and her family were arrested in a roundup and taken to the Westerbork transit camp in the Netherlands.

From Washington Post Nov. 3, 2022

Many people had lost control of their bowels altogether as a result of eating in the Puyallup transit camp, including Fujiko.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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