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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

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For 18 months, Alia has been waiting in a transit camp in Qatar for her promised resettlement to the US.

From BBC

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

Of the almost 2,000 people who have been relocated to the transit camp in Gashora since it was set up in 2019, none opted to stay in Rwanda when given the option, preferring instead to move to another country.

From BBC

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

From BBC

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