A global look at refugee movement from 2000-2015
Posted by staff / May 31, 2017
Most of the world’s focus when it comes to refugees is on Europe, so it’s surprising to realize that Uganda saw a larger influx of refugees in 2016.
To provide people with a perspective on how the refugee crisis is unfolding across the world, Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab put together an interactive display showing the movement of every refugee since the turn of the millennium.
Here’s a quick taste of what the project shows:
In 2001, tens of thousands of refugees fled conflict in Afghanistan, while others fled civil war in Sudan (including the “Lost Boys,” orphans who in some cases were resettled in the U.S.). By 2003, the genocide in Darfur pushed even more people from Sudan. In 2006, war drove Lebanese citizens to Syria; Sri Lankans fleeing civil war went to India. In 2007, as conflict worsened in Colombia, refugees fled to nearby countries such as Venezuela. After leading demonstrations in Burma against dictatorial rule, Buddhist monks and others fled to Thailand…
While the U.S. argues about numbers in the tens of thousands, far smaller and poorer nations are dealing with numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Food for thought.
You can see the full graphic here.
Full story at Fast Company.
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