I am interested in visiting a refugee camp. What would be a good place to do so in Europe? [closed]

1. How is life in a refugee camp?
2. How can I volunteer at a refugee camp?
3. What can I do for refugees?
4. What do refugees need the most?
5. How are people treated in refugee camps?
6. What food do refugees get?
7. Which country is best for refugees?
8. Can I volunteer to help refugees?
9. Which countries are good for refugees?
10. What rights do refugees have?
11. How can we help refugees without money?
12. Do refugees go back to their country?

How is life in a refugee camp?

“Living in a refugee camp is difficult. There's no food, no water, no toilet and no place to bathe. We can't afford to eat three times a day. ... Rayhana's family is one of the 25,000 people who are living in tents in the Jamtoli Thaingkhali Refugee Camp.

How can I volunteer at a refugee camp?

The best way of finding a volunteer position within a refugee camp is to decide first who you want to help and where, then research which organizations work with that population. After that, you generally apply to volunteer directly with an individual NGO or charity group.

What can I do for refugees?

Here are eight other equally meaningful ways you can help:

1. Host refugees and asylum seekers in your home. ...
2. Volunteer your specific skill. ...
3. Help refugees to integrate into a new culture. ...
4. Encourage your university to offer refugee scholarships. ...
5. Employ refugees. ...
6. Offer opportunities for refugees to volunteer.

What do refugees need the most?

Syrians fleeing conflict in their country often leave everything behind. They're in need of the basics to sustain their lives: food, clothing, healthcare, shelter, and household and hygiene items. Refugees also need reliable access to clean water, as well as sanitation facilities.

How are people treated in refugee camps?

Refugees and asylum seekers described conditions in these detention camps as “prison-like,” with regular searches of their tents by the guards, confiscation of “prohibited” items—including food and sewing needles—two-minute showers, and filthy toilets.

What food do refugees get?

Most refugees eat three times a day (breakfast is usually leftovers from the night before). The diet is based on rice. Vegetables are not eaten every day, but spices are an important part of their diet and rations are sold or exchanged for oil, spices, garlic and onion.

Which country is best for refugees?

Here are the ten countries that have received the most refugees in relation to their population during the period 2010–2019.

• Turkey – 5.1 per cent. ...
• Liberia – 4.6 per cent. ...
• Uganda – 3.8 per cent. ...
• Nauru – 3.2 per cent* ...
• Malta – 2.7 per cent. ...
• Djibouti – 2.7 per cent. ...
• Sweden – 2.7 per cent. ...
• Sudan – 2.5 per cent.

Can I volunteer to help refugees?

The Refugee Council exists to support refugees in the UK. You can help ensure they are treated fairly and live with dignity by volunteering.

Which countries are good for refugees?

Here are the top 10 countries hosting the greatest numbers of refugees.

• Bangladesh. ...
• Iran. ...
• Sudan. ...
• Germany. ...
• Lebanon (tie) ...
• Uganda (tie) ...
• Pakistan. ...
• Colombia.

What rights do refugees have?

Refugees must receive the same treatment as that accorded to aliens generally with regard to the following rights:

• The right to choose their place of residence.
• The right to move freely within the country.
• Free exercise of religion and religious education.
• Free access to the courts, including legal assistance.

How can we help refugees without money?

Refugee Action. Volunteer Centre Finder (England) Volunteer Now (Northern Ireland) Volunteer Scotland.
...
You can donate to charities that help refugees in the UK and abroad:

1. British Red Cross.
2. Oxfam.
3. Save the Children.
4. UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
5. UNICEF.
6. World Food Programme.
7. Refugee Action.

Do refugees go back to their country?

Once the reasons for being displaced or having fled have disappeared and it is safe again to live in this country refugees are free to go back to their country of origin. ... The UNHCR is monitoring returnee operations and offers support to returnees even after they have arrived in their countries of origin.