"Based on data from the UN Refugee Agency, approximately 4.4 million asylum applications were submitted to 44 industrialized countries between 2013 and 2016.
The map below shows the flow of these asylum seekers from their country of origin to the country in which they applied for asylum.
Each point represents 500 asylum seekers.
To navigate around the map with a mouse:
- Pan: left mouse button + drag
- Rotate: right mouse button + drag
- Zoom: both buttons + drag / two-finger touchpad scroll
Asylum seeker vs refugee
An asylum seeker is someone who has requested sanctuary from persecution in their home country.
If the request is granted, the asylum seeker then becomes a refugee.
...The map above displays the flow of asylum seekers into industrialized nations, which makes up only a small piece of the global refugee crisis.
As of the end of 2015, there were about 16 million refugees globally, and a much larger number of displaced persons who did not qualify as refugees under the U.N. statue..."
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If the request is granted, the asylum seeker then becomes a refugee.
...The map above displays the flow of asylum seekers into industrialized nations, which makes up only a small piece of the global refugee crisis.
As of the end of 2015, there were about 16 million refugees globally, and a much larger number of displaced persons who did not qualify as refugees under the U.N. statue..."
Read and click on!
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