{"id":30350,"date":"2022-03-03T18:15:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/?p=30350"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:53:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T19:53:29","slug":"displacement-of-refugees-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentwork.prattsi.org\/infovis\/visualization\/displacement-of-refugees-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"DISPLACEMENT OF REFUGEES: ASYLUM SEEKERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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According to the figure provided by UNHCR, there are 79.5 million people around the world who have been forcibly displaced. This is said to be the highest figure ever recorded. About 1% of the population is displaced. Amongst the refugees being displaced, 50% of them are children. Interestingly, developing countries host more than 85% of the world’s refugees. A figure quite ironic to one\u2019s thought. The data issued by UNHCR suggests that one person is forcibly displaced approximately every two seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)<\/a>, at the end of 2020, 82.4 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide, including 26.4 million refugees, 4.1 million asylum-seekers, and 48 million internally displaced people who have fled their homes due to violent conflicts, persecution, and food insecurity. The current worldwide refugee crisis is often referred to as the worst humanitarian crisis since World War II.
Displacement of refugees is an issue which is faced worldwide. Accepting them is a win for the receiving country and the communities that host them. By providing them with the right to work, to health, and to education, refugees can start productive lives in their host countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of data sets provided by UNHCR, I have created visualizations which will help us understand and analyze the state of refugees over a period of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Inspiration<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

While I came across this topic, I read about a few statistics on refugee displacement. The graphs gave me an idea as to what the movement is but does not really provide you with the details. It is good for a generic understanding which I was examining at the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then came across the work done by UNHCR. Their key findings gave me a better understanding of the subject matter. The key findings helped me understand the various factors and variables that exist. It gave me a perspective on how many refugees exist when compared with the whole population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The paper, A Brief Statistical Introduction of the Global Refugee Problems with Data Analysis <\/strong>by April Yan Zhang, DePauw University , <\/strong>gave <\/strong>a further insight into the topic recognising the countries of origin for refugees and asylum seekers, Where they seek asylum, trend of displacement and more. The paper also gives background information and highlights the intention behind the kind of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Materials<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Finding the data set<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After looking at different datasets on various topics, I found the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Statistical Database provided by UNHCR on data.un.org<\/a>. The data set included information about refugees from 1974 to 2016. It comprised data such as country of origin, country of asylum, number of refugees and asylum seekers assisted by UNHCR over a period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creating Visualizations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Upon deciding and finalizing the dataset, Tableau; an interactive data visualization software which allows us to present complex forms of data. It helped me create visualizations of various kinds, combining it with different factors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first the data from the data set was understood and analyzed. Since there were a lot of different factors affecting the visualizations, I first had to understand what I wanted to understand and learn from the visualizations when I first look at them and then, what I would want the readers to understand and gather from it. This led me to create my visuals accordingly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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