refugee camps
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Refugee processing
centers were another type of camp for refugees accepted for resettlement.
Conditions, and therefore also the refugees' attitude, were much improved
in these centers, which provided orientation and language instruction to
prepare refugees for their new life in another country. The United
States refugee processing centers were located in the Philippines, Indonesia,
and Thailand.
From:
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/refugeecam.htmlnote - Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:14:59 GMT
The Vietnamese
boat people and the land refugees from Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam were
not welcomed by neighboring Asian countries. It was only through
negotiations with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the
United States, and other countries who agreed to accept refugees that first-asylum
camps were established in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines,
Singapore, and Hong Kong. The focus of these camps was on physical
survival; they generally were located in remote areas and provided only
the bare necessities. Crowded conditions, poor sanitation, minimal
health care, and frequent violence were common, as were depression and
boredom. On the other hand, camp inhabitants would organize features
of a social community such as a marketplace to provide services and goods,
family gardens for extra food, sport activities, and entertainment.
From:
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/seaexhibit/refugeecam.html
