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During the Cold War, camps - often located on the border between two states in conflict with each other - made ideal grounds for recruitment, resupply and propaganda. The strategic function of refugee camps has evolved in the past twenty years: although they still play a part in the prolongation of conflicts, they shelter fewer refugees and play a less prominent military role. While they used to be administered by guerillas, camps are now managed by humanitarian organizations - a change that raises a number of issues as regards their judicial and social responsibility for the organization and supplying of war economies.

This paper is published in French only: Les camps de réfugiés et la guerre : Du sanctuaire à l'enfermement humanitaire ?