A cafe in Cairo, Egypt, that is predominantly visited by Sudanese migrants, in August 2017. Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images August 26, 2022 Some refugees stay in temporary status indefinitely – how they still manage to create homes and communities Anita H. Fábos, Clark University and Cathrine Brun, Centre for Lebanese Studies at Lebanese American University It’s not just Ukrainians. In 2021, nearly 90 million people were forced to flee their homes.