transit camp
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
He was interned in Westerbork, a former Nazi transit camp then in use as a prison for collaborators.
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2022
After the theater, the next destination is a transit camp elsewhere in the Netherlands.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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