What is it about?
In humanitarian assistance and forced migration, displaced persons received shelter, goods and services in camps. Hosting, when a family welcomes a displaced family into their home, is another strategy. This paper reviews what we know about hosting and sets out a research agenda to learn more.
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Why is it important?
Camps can be impersonal and isolating. Hosting allows for some intimacy and helps the displaced acclimate to new environments. It might also be more cost effective and allows for an ethics of care for one another.
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This page is a summary of: Hosting as shelter during displacement: considerations for research and practice, Journal of International Humanitarian Action, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1186/s41018-019-0052-0.
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