The UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) states that there were over ... Throughout human history, the movement of populations–in search of food, shelter, or better economic opportunities–has been ...

When we think of refugee camps we probably imagine rows of tents, rapidly erected responses to crises. We might envision those seemingly ubiquitous UN tarpaulins in blue and white. But the problem ...

The IKEA Foundation partnered with Better Shelter to create safer, more durable shelter for Syrian refugees. What they came up with a sort of tent that costs around $1,000 and can house a family ...

Social enterprise Better Shelter creates emergency and temporary sustainable ... The Structure project has been the subject of a recent architecture exhibition at LA’s Tase gallery, which has been an ...

The city of Indianapolis is taking over development of the long-planned 24/7 homeless shelter on the east side of downtown.

This “just-add-water” refugee shelter can be built by hand in a day The concept is designed to make us think of refugee camps as permanent new cities, not temporary gatherings of flimsy tents.

When the shelter closed in February 1946, President Harry S Truman permitted them legal entry into the United States; the ...