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ToolsEl Masri, Yafa and Minoia, Paola (2022) Refugee camps as spaces of rescue in times of Covid-19: Invisible mobilities in Bourj Albarajenah. Rivista Geografica Italiana (3). pp. 5-28. ISSN 0035-6697
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Abstract
This paper aims to explore the peculiarity of the pandemic in stateless communities. Through a case study from a Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon, we analyse how Palestinian refugees were affected by and responded to the pandemic. We find that the legal exclusion of refugees from the state protection has generated invisible mobility, which further increased the risk of spreading the virus. Refugees have founded their own community response mechanisms of food sharing and crowdfunding. They established Aman medical centre in the camp, which has become a destination for infected, yet undocumented, residents of the city. We conclude how Palestinian refugees used this invisible mobility to save other refugees, therefore proving how refugee camps can become spaces of rescue in times of global emergency.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Pacini Editore. All rights reserved. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | covid-19,invisible mobilities,lebanon,palestinian refugees,refugee camps,solidarity,geography, planning and development,earth-surface processes ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 15 May 2025 13:30 |
| Last Modified: | 15 May 2025 13:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99280 |
| DOI: | 10.3280/rgioa3-2022oa14583 |
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