Life in Zaartari Refugee Camp, built to house those who have escaped from Syria's civil war, should inspire we who enjoy safe and prosperous lives in the West to help "the least of these." ...

In Kenya, 60 miles west of the Somali border, sits the largest refugee camp in the world: Dadaab. There, on a flat red plain surrounded by desert and thorn trees, the mud and tent metropolis is home ...

My parents became refugees in 1992, and I was born in a refugee camp. So I'm the person who has never, ever seen my country, and my home village even. My whole life is in the refugee camp.

Up until a few years ago, humanitarian aid for refugees was limited to such basics as food, water, shelter, sanitation and medicine. No one paid attention to sex in refugee camps.

Every day, it’s the heat that wakes up Hamda al-Marzouq. The temperatures at her refugee camp in Jordan regularly climb to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, forcing her to wake up hours earlier than ...

Trapped in this desert limbo are about 15,000 Afghan refugees who fled the town of... Life at Afghan refugee camp grim and squalid SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Every day, it’s the heat that wakes up Hamda al-Marzouq. The temperatures at her refugee camp in Jordan regularly climb to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, forcing her to wake up hours earlier than planned.

A version of this story appeared in the April 26-May 9, 2013 print issue under the headline: Students learn about refugee life with mock camp.

My parents became refugees in 1992, and I was born in a refugee camp. So I'm the person who has never, ever seen my country, and my home village even. My whole life is in the refugee camp.

Since 2017 nearly a million Rohingya people have languished in camps in Bangladesh. Four young Rohingya are being honored by the U.N. refugee agency for documenting their life in vivid photos.