Purpose Of Refugee Camps

The article, “Refugees: Who, Where, and Why” by Catherine Gevert is about different refugees in the world, where they are from and why they became refugees in the first place. The first concept the author talked about was, around the world, many refugees have had to flee, to escape to safety after being mistreated in their own country. Refugees are protected by law and given basic civil rights when going to different countries. Another key point she talks about is where these people are and in the article shows us that refugee camps are located throughout the world, but are not the best living conditions. Many refugees go here for asylum. Furthermore, some reasons people can become refugees are because of, war and “ethnic cleansing”, also known

Many people had to go to refugee camps during the war and suffered a

2. On page 12, the narration changes. Why might it be necessary for someone else to begin telling Janie’s story now?

Refugee camps are run by the government, by world organizations, or the UN. The facilities are in very low condition. Refugee camps are for helping refugees that have fled their homeland for a chance at a safer place to live. The camps are for meeting their basic needs and trying to keep them more safe, but many small needs that are still important are not meet. The refugees usually sleep in tents with very few belongings. Some camps have washstand or areas where they can go to the bathroom and wash up (hygiene stations, WASH). There is a food distribution where a delivery will enter the camp and distribute food and drinking water to each family or group. The also mainly have security point and then like religious places and schools and shops (“Refugee Camp- Facilities”). They may seem like a very good and easy option to stay for refugees but they can lead to many problems and there are many risks.The camps are usually very over populated. There were around 407,477

The camps were animal stalls and other places not meant for living. These camps killed people all the while they thought they were protecting their citizens when in fact they were killing them. This is still seen as the most flagrant violations of civil liberties today. Regardless of loyalty and citizenship, they were forced out of the place they called their homes and anything that were theirs were taken to later be found destroyed and vandalized. All of these thing happened because of fear instead of finding a reasonable way of dealing with the situation. Another factor of the relocation was their dislike of immigrants, they were surrounded by barbed wire and nothing but what they could of carried to call their

The people, who were sent to Auschwitz before the war, were mainly political prisoners. Hitler wanted to start the camps as a way to get rid of his “Jewish Problem.” Jewish and other people who were considered enemies of the state were sent to Auschwitz and many other camps to work in slave labor. This soon evolved into a death camp with gas chambers, ovens, and laboratories for human experiments. “In the concentration camps, we discovered this whole universe where everyone had his place.

“Doesn’t the world see the suffering of the millions of refugees of Palestinians who have been living in exile around the world or in refugee camps for the past 60 years? No state, no home, no identity, no right to work. Doesn’t the world see this injustice?” (Ismail Haniyeh). This is how many of the universal refugees feel. There are millions of refugees all over the world in similar situations. This is also similar to how Ha feels in the book “Inside Out and Back Again.” Ha’s life mirrors the universal refugee experience because many lives are turned inside out, they have to get used to their new living arrangements, and they have to adapt to a new world.

During the Great depression, Mexican immigrants faced many difficulties. They endured job crisis, food shortages, and even the threat of being deported. As unemployment rates increased, so did the hostility toward these Mexican Americans. The government also started programs that sent them back to their own countries by either tricking them, or letting them go voluntarily. Those who stayed struggled to survive daily. Banks started foreclosing small farmer’s lands, and the larger scale farmers started cutting their workforce because they couldn’t afford it. Many people began migrating in search for other work, some found migrant work camps that were created by the FSA (Farm Security Administration) to provide temporary stability for those still

The Holocaust concentration camps were one of the things that has happened in world history. The Nazi, Germany and its allies established concentration camps all throughout Germany. The concentration camps were there for a range of reasons. These camps were used to jail those who opposed Hitler’s government or were thought to threaten it. The living in the camps was a brutal time. When you were in the camp you would work from sunup to sundown and get just little piece of bread to eat in the evenings.

Being a refugee could be an awful thing. At that moment in time it could be a bad thing but if you look on the brighter side of things, it could grow into something amazing. There are so many good things that could come out of being a refugee as well as bad.

After migration when they reach a safe country they do not know how to react. Many refugees suffer from depression and PTSD from witnessing the loss of their leaders or loved ones and even from witnessing mass killings, causing them to be distant and not make any effort to get help. They do not understand involvement in their community when they have reached a safe location. The refugee groups stay together and do not against each other fearing one will or could be killed. At refugee camps, many make the camp a big family from hearing and understanding other victims stories, creating bonds.

The benefit of this camp was the area had transport connections, the camp was at a railway junction. It was easy to close off from the outside world. (Steinbacher 22). “The camp being easily closed off from the outside world made it easier for the people running the Holocaust to keep it hidden for so long from the outside world; other people in the world didn’t know what was going on along with security. This is why it went on for so long” (22). According to Robson “ In the camp’s first year of operation, only one escape was attempted.” (68). “Prisoners that tried to escape from the camps were usually shot” (Robson 68). “In 1941 seventeen other escape plans were hatched but did not succeed.” (Robson 68). “The security in these camps were very high and clearly made it hard for the prisoners to try to escape, so this is why there were very few prisoners that actually were successful at escaping” (Robson 68). The people in these camps were treated awful by the

Refugees started because of war and economic problems in their countries that force them out of their homes, and rob their children of having an educated life. Refugees tend to stay in refugee camps, but while staying in camps, they don’t have any job opportunities which makes it extremely hard to care for a family with zero income. In order to leave the camps for jobs, an education, and housing, their relatives have to get them and bring them to their country. All refugees that would like to leave the camp must have a visa.

The basic purpose of the camps was to use the Jews for labor and then kill them. There was more to it than that, however. Konnilyn G. Feig describes the purpose of the camps as follows:

     These camps were set up along railroad lines so that the prisoners would be conveniently close to their destination. Unfortunately, many prisoners didn't even survive the train ride to the camps. Herded like cattle, exhaustion, disease, and starvation ended the long treacherous journey for many of the prisoners. On the trains, Jews were starved of food and water for days. Nearly 8% of the people did not even survive the ride to the camps. (Nyiszli, 37)