LibGuides: Human Migration: Start Here

About Human Migration

Use this guide to find and evaluate information and resources related to the complex topic of human migration.

Resources on this guide will help you understand and analyze humanitarian issues and the often conflicting cultural, political, and historical forces at work related to human migration.

Immigration & Migration, Pew Research Center
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.

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)

Word Meanings: Migrant, Refugee, Asylum-seekers

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)

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