Unfortunately, temporary settlements are not temporary

Tun Khine
The Startup
Published in
4 min readOct 5, 2019

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The statistics are clear. According to an internal UNHCR report, “The average time refugees spend in camps is 17 years.” Let that number sink in a bit……Globally, millions of displaced people are waiting in these camps until they can either return home, be integrated into a host country, or ultimately be resettled.

Tun Khine
The Startup

Software Engineer, former International Civil Servant, Dad, and new ATLien