Lebanon

Lebanon, a country smaller than the state of Maryland, will have received more than 1.2 million Syrian refugees by 2016.

While leaders of Western European countries are debating on how to deal with the current refugee crisis, Lebanon has been quietly absorbing as many Syrian refugees as Europe has received during past year, with a quarter of the Lebanon's population now made up by refugees.  In fact, the refugee numbers are so staggering, Lebanon and its people are at breaking point.  Lebanon has the distinction of ranking number one worldwide in term of ‘Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants’.

Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress and special envoy for the UNHCR, has recently visited a refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and gave an impassioned speech on the plight of the refugees.  Let’s hope the world’s nations will coordinate and do more to assist and give hope to these refugees.

Refugees SOS

Living in America, it’s hard to relate to the story of refugees because life is peaceful here and we don’t have a war to run from.  The refugees are covered in the news once in a while when Angelina Jolie decided to show up in some far-away camps to raise awareness of the refugees’ plight. 

For this dashboard, I employ the world map to highlight where the refugees come from.  The world’s current hot spots (Afghanistan, Syria, and Somalia) stand out. 

The tree map bridges between where the refugees come from and where they resettle to.

The bar chart shows the countries that offer asylum to the refugees.  The countries that are next-door neighbors to those countries where war is going on bear the brunt of offering asylum, whether they want it or not.  Hovering over the bar will show each asylum country capacity and contributions to the refugees (see Lebanon).

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