squatter camp

noun
🔊/ˈskwɒtə kæmp/
🔊/ˈskwɑːtər kæmp/
(South African English)
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  1. an urban area where people live in shacks (= small buildings made of cardboard, wood or iron sheets that residents have built themselves)
    • The poor are forced to live in squatter camps, often with no running water or sewerage systems. 穷人被迫生活在棚户区,通常没有自来水或污水处理系统。