Refugees

Throughout history, those who bear the greatest burdens during wars or natural disasters are the common people who have neither the power nor financial resources to defend themselves, leaving escape as their only option. So named because they leave their homes in search of a place of refuge, Refugees are often desperate people, and vulnerable to exploitation by those who are stronger or lacking in ethical scruples. Due to their itinerant lifestyle and fragile economic circumstances, they are often accused of vagrancy and prosecuted by the law, and sometimes persecuted by the civilian populations among whom they attempt to establish themselves. Societies are usually ill equipped to absorb large numbers of foreign Refugees, and refugee camps are sometimes established to house them temporarily, although often these camps exist for years, or even decades, becoming de facto prisons for new generations of homeless, jobless unfortunates who are resented by their local neighbors.