Refugees and Refugee Camps

Paper Summary:

This paper describes how refugees living in refugee camps experience many physical and emotional problems. The paper describes the terrible conditions in the refugee camps in Sudan and Chad as well as the better situation in refugee camps in Lebanon. The paper relates that Amnesty International is raising awareness to help the people suffering in Sudan and Chad.

From the Paper:

"Refugees arriving at camps are going through and experiencing many problems usually physically as well as mentally. Many come wounded and starving to death. Many are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, or depression. A person like this is especially at risk when you place them in a new environment and a different lifestyle. Refugees are at a very high risk of committing suicide because of there chaotic lives. This is why it is very important that the refugees receive the medical care they need when arriving at a camp. Without the proper treatment these people are at a high risk."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Nilsson, Desiree. Internally displaced, Refugees and Returnees from and in the Sudan. Nordic Africa Institute, November 2001.
• Auc press. Forced Migrants and Host societies in Egypt and Sudan. American university in Cairo Press. New York, NY 10018. 2006
• Amnesty International USA. 20 March 2007. http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/chad/news.do

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