The Refugee Crisis.

• Position: GRAPHS - Brief article

A refugee is someone who has fled his or her country to escape war, violence, persecution, or natural disaster and can't safely return home. Over the past 10 years--because of droughts, wars, genocide, and other factors--the worldwide refugee population has increased by more than 10 million and is now 25.4 million. As the top graph shows, more than half of these people, about 13.5 million, are from just five countries, with civil-war plagued Syria at the top. Syria's neighbor Turkey has taken in many of the displaced Syrians and is one of the top refugee-hosting countries, as the bottom graph shows.

The top graph shows the top five countries that refugees come from. The bottom graph shows the top five countries that have taken in the most refugees.

ANALYZE THE GRAPHS

1. The top country of origin of refugees is--.

   a Somalia

   b Myanmar

   c Afghanistan

   d Syria

2. About how many more people have fled Syria than have fled Somalia?

   a 5.3 million

   b 1.5 million

   c 1 million

   d 0.5 million

3. Which country has taken in the most refugees?

   a Lebanon

   b Pakistan

   c Uganda

   d Turkey

4. About how many refugees has Turkey taken in?

   a 1 million

   b 1.4 million

   c 3.5 million

   d 6 million

5. in total, about how many refugees have the top five hosting countries taken in?

   a 1 million

   b 2.4 million

   c 5 million

   d 8.3 million

   DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

6. Where are the top countries of origin of refugees located? Where are the top refugee-hosting countries located? What correlations can you identify? What inferences can you make based on these...