The Refugee Crisis In Europe
by Olivier Brückner, October 12th, 2020
On September 9th, 2020, the refugee camp Moria on the island Lesbos, Greece, burnt down. About 12,600 refugees lost their shelter (Stevis-Gridneff 2020).
Especially since 2015 (Spindler 2015), a lot of people are seeking asylum in Europe (Kirchofer et al. 2015), yet the economical Union utilizes its political power to create an inequality in the distribution of the responsibility. A continuously rising conflict, dividing the society, which puts the continuity of the European Union at risk.
This map intends to display the distribution of refugees (The World Bank 2020), trying to extrapolate the current situation to 2025, as well as visualizing a distribution that meets the EU’s communicated values better by taking each country’s wealth into account (The World Bank 2020).
Key
The size represents the population
The color inidcates the % of refugees relative to the population
Usage
Hover over a country to see its details
The right arrow key increases the year
The left arrow key decreases the year
The D key toggles between the distributions
Calculation — Adjusted Distribution
Refugees per Country = Total Number of Refugees × GDP ÷ Total GDP
Calculation — Estimation 2025
GDP = GDP in 2019 × Average GDP Growth of Country ^ 6 Years
Population = Population in 2019 × Population Growth of Country in 2019 ^ 6 Years
Refugees = Number of Refugees in 2019 × approx. Average Growth of Asylum Allocation ^ 6 Years
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