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In 2005, Dutch photographer Henk Wildschut returned from Pakistan where he had been documenting the human response to the earthquake. He discovered that even closer to home, undocumented immigrants were constructing transient camps in much the same manner as the earthquake survivors. The camps he documented have for the most part disappeared due to stricter enforcement of immigration laws and worsening economic conditions. (Design Observer)
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