Sentence examples similar to operated as a camp from inspiring English sources
According to the local neighborhood council that met in July, migrants started to settle around Gare de l'Est as early as 2004 — two years after the closure of the infamous Sangatte camp, a Calais warehouse that operated as a refugee camp from 1999 to 2002.
Writers and speakers discussing that programme, such as Anthony Grenville and Ela Kaczmarska, claim that the camp had been constructed by Butlin and operated as a Butlin's camp for the 1937 1938 season, Kaczmarska also suggests that it had closed in the summer of 1938 (the same time the Clacton camp opened).
Initially, the camp operated as a hostel, but it has responded to the changing nature of the refugee crisis, and temporary shelter has become permanent.
The festival operates as a singing camp for adults (registration for participants this year closed in January).
The group operated as a social club.
Local opposition to putting on a rock festival was no issue: operating as a hotel and holiday camp, there are no residents as such for miles around, and the Williams-Ellis estate jumped at the opportunity.
Kara Tepe Camp calls itself a "hospitality center", while Moria Camp operates as a temporary detention center when migrants first arrive, complete with guards and fences topped with coils of razor wire.
The Bancroft camp operates as a spartan hotel for visiting aid workers, diplomats and journalists.
Seven sites are branded and operated as Scout Activity Centres, providing camping sites and adventurous activities alongside.
The camp was operating as a public one, furnishing both board and lodging to persons applying therefor.
