Although the refugee phenomenon is not new and refugee camps are rarely temporary, in most cases, the procedures implemented within refugee camps have failed to apply principles of sustainability to ensure refugees’ dignity and improve their quality of life, thereby helping them become independent and self-reliant. This improvement, in turn, may help them return to their homes in the future or may, at least, reduce the high cost and negative coping strategies associated with refugee camps and instead increase refugees’ social integration within the host community. This paper discusses the procedures applied in both the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan and the Dadaab Refugee Complex in Kenya and provides evidence regarding the extent to which they meet the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development without leaving refugees behind. Furthermore, this paper shows how sustainable development goals (SDGs) are interconnected in a refugee camp setting. This study concludes that refugee camps not only failed to align with 2030 agenda but failed to ensure refugees’ basic rights where a more inclusive and sustainable approach is required to improve the refugees’ quality of life and to help them live in dignity and reach self-reliance that can benefit both refugees and their host communities.

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难民营的可持续性：世界上最大的两个难民营的比较

虽然难民现象并不新鲜，难民营也很少是临时性的，但在大多数情况下，难民营内实施的程序未能应用可持续性原则来确保难民的尊严和提高他们的生活质量，从而帮助他们变得独立和自我。 - 依赖。反过来，这种改善可能会帮助他们在未来返回家园，或者至少可能会减少与难民营相关的高成本和消极应对策略，从而增加难民在收容社区内的社会融合。本文讨论了在约旦的 Zaatari 难民营和肯尼亚的 Dadaab 难民综合体中应用的程序，并提供了关于它们在多大程度上满足联合国 2030 年可持续发展议程而不让难民落后的证据。此外，本文展示了可持续发展目标 (SDG) 如何在难民营环境中相互关联。本研究得出的结论是，难民营不仅未能与 2030 年议程保持一致，而且未能确保难民的基本权利，需要采取更具包容性和可持续性的方法来改善难民的生活质量，帮助他们过上有尊严的生活并实现自我保护。可以使难民及其收容社区受益的依赖。