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Etymologies
- Obsolete French, perhaps from Italian or Spanish campo, all from Latin campus, field.Origin unknown.
Examples
“Thai-Myanmese border, Thailand has been requested by His Excellency to look at the welfare of those in what you call camps or shelters along the Thai-Burmese border.”
“According to one poll (3.3% moe), 25% of Americans would support placing Arab-Americans in "camps" until they could be "cleared" as non-terrorists.”
“The vital question about the human rights practices inside the Tindouf four camps is the freedom of expression and even of movement. although Polisario officials confirm every now and then that sahraoui refugees are allowed to leave the camps any time they would like to do so, sahraouis need Algerian documents if they decide to leave and travel abroad, to get such document is not easy, unless you are a Polisario official or you have useful contacts within the sphere of Polisario leadership, but it is known that any saharoui who managed to leave the refugee camp and opt to go to western Sahara region, Moroccan authorities provide the person in question with necessary documents including a passport.”
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“Dollo has two long-term camps and a third camp, which opened recently to accommodate new arrivals, is already crowded.”
Voice of America: UN: 500,000 Malnourished Children at Risk in Horn of Africa
“But what are the chances that it could spread into the capital, which of course is devastated and has over a million people still living in camps after the earthquake?”
“To reduce the risk of cholera, the squalid living conditions in camps need to be addressed.”
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“And its sentiment of reconciliation between intractable camps is a lesson particularly useful in these times, with our nation painfully divided along political lines and world tragically divided along religious ones.”
“Still, more than a million people now live in camps around Haiti.”
“One group lives in camps created after the January earthquake, who were left homeless.”
“The U.N. top representative on Human Rights for Internally Displaced Persons, Walter Kaelin, says there is an urgent need for health care, water, sanitation and education not just in camps for the displaced, but also for other Haitians who remain in their homes.”
Voice of America: UN Official: Haiti Humanitarian Crisis Remains
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