~ The Flow of Refugees ~

Main refugee paths from the Middle East

~The Migrant Crisis~
FACTS

The conflict in Syria continues to be by far the biggest driver of migration. But the ongoing violence in Afghanistan and Iraq, abuses in Eritrea, as well as poverty in Kosovo, are also leading people to look for new lives elsewhere.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that more than 1,011,700 migrants arrived by sea in 2015, and almost 34,900 by land. Try to arrange these elements on the layout into a meaningful, aesthetically pleasing design.

This compares with 280,000 arrivals by land and sea for the whole of 2014. The figures do not include those who got in undetected.

Tensions in the EU have been rising because of the disproportionate burden faced by some countries, particularly the countries where the majority of migrants have been arriving: Greece, Italy and Hungary.

Although huge numbers have been applying for asylum, the number of people being given asylum is far lower.


(Source: BBC News)

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