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Official camps

Settlements built to host refugees and asylum seekers on a temporary basis. They often comprise container housing units and/or tents.

Overcrowding rate

The ratio between the number of rooms and the number of household members, often closely connected to other social exclusion and deprivation indicators, in particular those related to income.