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Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter

Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter

Update: 2024-11-19
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Contributor(s): Dr Tom Scott-Smith, Nick Henderson, Dr Myfanwy James | Abandoned airports. Shipping containers. Squatted hotels. These are just three of the many unusual places that have housed refugees in the past decade. The story of international migration is often told through personal odysseys and dangerous journeys, but when people arrive at their destinations a more mundane task begins: refugees need a place to stay. Governments and charities have adopted a range of strategies in response to this need. Some have sequestered refugees in massive camps of glinting metal. Others have hosted them in renovated office blocks and disused warehouses. They often end up in prefabricated shelters flown in from abroad.
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Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter

Fragments of home: refugee housing, humanitarian design and the politics of shelter

Dr Tom Scott-Smith, Nick Henderson, Dr Myfanwy James