LibGuides: Human Migration: Start Here

Refugees: Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

As epidemic menaces refugee camps, the Middle East’s most vulnerable face a deepening nightmare
Mddle East section of the Washington Post
Live blog: Refugees in the COVID-19 crisis, UNHCR
The UN Refugee Agency
Refugee Camps Face COVID-19: 'If We Do Nothing, The Harm Is Going To Be So Extreme, NPR
From Goats and Soda, NPR's global health and development blog.

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You Can’t Practice Social Distancing if You’re a Refugee
Around 70 million people are suffering displacement in crowded camps, awaiting the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic. (International Rescue Committee)

About Human Migration

This guide offers resources to help understand and analyze humanitarian issues and the often conflicting cultural, political, and historical forces at work related to human migration. Use the side "tabs" at the left to navigate. Make sure to scroll all of the way down each page to see the full range of available resources.

International Migration, Office or National Statistics, Centre for International Migration.
People moving into and out of the UK, long term migration, short term migration, and non-UK residents data providing a picture of those entering and leaving the UK, covering all lengths of stay.

Migration Maps

Migrations Maps - U.S. Arrivals view (select countries and limit by Arrivals or Departures)

The World’s Congested Human Migration Routes in 5 Maps National Geographic

(Eve Conant, National Geographic; Maps by Matthew Chwastyk and Ryan Williams, National Geographic, Published September 19, 2015)

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What does the biggest human migration on earth look like on a map? CNN (Feb. 18, 2015)

Boat people from Syria and Afghanistan set up migrant camp in Kos, Greece (View Google images)

Genographic Project / The Human Journey: Migration Routes https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/human-journey/

The Genographic Project is a multiyear research initiative led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Spencer Wells. Dr. Wells and a team of renowned international scientists are using cutting-edge genetic and computational technologies to analyze historical patterns in DNA from participants around the world to better understand our human genetic roots.

"Refugees Seeking To Cross Russian Arctic Border Lack Bikes." Source: RadioFreeEurope

Word Meanings: Migrant, Refugee, Asylum-seekers

Migration Crisis Articles, 2015

Why is there a crisis in Calais? BBC, Oct. 3, 2015

European Migration Crisis: Should the EU Open Its Doors Wider?
This is an in-depth report from CQ Researcher, July 31, 2015. MLA Citation:
Glazer, Sarah. "European Migration Crisis." CQ Researcher 31 July 2015: 649-72. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Mediterranean Migration Crisis: Why People Flee and What the EU Should Do.
Published by Human Rights Watch, June 2015.