While camps are not established to provide permanent solutions, they offer a safe haven for refugees and meet their most basic needs such as food, water, shelter, medical treatment and other basic services during emergencies.

In situations of long-term displacement, the services provided in camps are expanded to include educational and livelihood... See more

This is perhaps one of the most universal experiences that refugees around the world share: the opposing yet connected desire to go home, but also to remain safe. Refugee camps and communities serve as a physical space for that contradictory state, because as much as many people want to go home, many also don’t.