Friday 7 November 2014

Images help us 'see': The Refugee Project: an interactive map


photo by Heaferl: Demo "Gleiche Rechte für alle" (Refugee-Solidaritätsdemo) am 16. Februar 2013 in Wien

'Every day, all over the world, ordinary people must flee their homes for fear of death or persecution. Many leave without notice, taking only what they can carry. Many will never return
They cross oceans and minefields, they risk their lives and their futures. When they cross international borders they are called refugees.
The Refugee Project is an interactive map of refugee migrations around the world in each year since 1975. UN data is complemented by original histories of the major refugee crises of the last four decades, situated in their individual contexts'.

The Refugee Project
http://www.therefugeeproject.org/
(Best viewed in Chrome and Firefox)

Click the About tab (top right ) to read  how to navigate the map. 
You will discover where refugees come from, where they go and articles documenting their stories and the political contexts to their plight.