There is 65.3 million refugees throughout the world, that is one out of 113 people. Life in refugee camps around the world is awful, but the camps are a better way of life than the life they had to endure in their home country. Throughout the world, there is hundreds of refugee camps that host refugees for all different types of reasons. Some have come from nearby countries, while others come from across the world to seek refuge. The most commonly known refugee camps are in Syria, they are on the news at least once a day, whether it be because of rising refugee numbers or if it because of refugees being turned away. Some have good connotations about refugee camps, while others turn their noses up at the sound of someone mentioning a refugee
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Zaatari, a refugee camp that is just a few miles outside of Syria, is about three square miles and it holds around 80,000 people. "More than half of it's residents are under 18"(Bandow 4). This means that around 40,000 residents of the camp are children suffering through the rough refugee camp lifestyle. "Zaatari has not been the happiest of places. Residents have demonstrated, sometimes violently, to protest poor living conditions an inadequate food, as well as the depredations of the Assad government." (Bandow 5). They get into fights with other members of the refugee camp over food, and living areas, this can cause families to be forced to leave the refugee camp. "The UNHCR estimates that 60 percent of working age refugees are employed to some degree. Even 13% of child labor some, a number missing school as a result. " (Bandow 7). This entails that refugee children are not getting the education they need to further themselves as individuals, this can cause them to have to stay in a refugee camp because they would not be able to get a job anywhere else without a degree. Many people believe that the refugee camps in Syria are the only ones. They are incorrect, there is an abundance of refugee camps all around the world, including
Zaatari, a refugee camp that is just a few miles outside of Syria, is about three square miles and it holds around 80,000 people. "More than half of it's residents are under 18"(Bandow 4). This means that around 40,000 residents of the camp are children suffering through the rough refugee camp lifestyle. "Zaatari has not been the happiest of places. Residents have demonstrated, sometimes violently, to protest poor living conditions an inadequate food, as well as the depredations of the Assad government." (Bandow 5). They get into fights with other members of the refugee camp over food, and living areas, this can cause families to be forced to leave the refugee camp. "The UNHCR estimates that 60 percent of working age refugees are employed to some degree. Even 13% of child labor some, a number missing school as a result. " (Bandow 7). This entails that refugee children are not getting the education they need to further themselves as individuals, this can cause them to have to stay in a refugee camp because they would not be able to get a job anywhere else without a degree. Many people believe that the refugee camps in Syria are the only ones. They are incorrect, there is an abundance of refugee camps all around the world, including