Reimagining the Refugee Camp
The world’s refugee camps are a mess. Fraught with insecurity, they often serve as the recruiting base for extremist terrorism where residents lack an autonomous voice and tend to become permanent citizens of humanitarian-aid administered pseudo towns. Dadaab is a representative example of these problems, a refuge in eastern Kenya for Somalis, it is long known to be infiltrated by al-Shabaab. Refugee camps such as Dabaab bring into focus the reality of persecution in the world as they often house Christians fleeing from oppression. They also can serve as the breeding grounds of future persecutors, often radicalized by the disillusionment that comes by experiencing disaster. Learn more: http://ow.ly/WYNAV