Syrian refugee camps and shelters are temporary settlements built to receive internally displaced people and refugees of the Syrian Civil War . Of the estimated 7 million persons displaced within Syria , only a small minority live in camps or collective shelters . Similarly , of the 6 million refugees , only about 10 percent live in refugee camps , with the vast majority living in both urban and rural areas of neighboring countries . Beside Syrians , they include Iraqis , Palestinians , Kurds , Yazidis , individuals from Somalia , and a minority of those who fled the Yemeni and Sudanese civil wars
Yazidis
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Syrian refugee camps