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Full Title
RIVISTA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA
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Publisher
FrancoAngeli
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ISSN
0035-6697 (Printed Journal)
2499-748X (Online Journal)
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Journal Issue Number
3
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Journal Issue Designation
3
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Journal Issue Date
2022
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Full Title
Campi profughi come spazi di soccorso in tempo di Covid-19: mobilità invisibili a Bourj Albarajenah
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By (author)
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First Page
5
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Last Page
28
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Language of text
English
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Publication Date
2022/09
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Copyright
2022 FrancoAngeli srl
Introduction or preface
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. 
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