Immigration and migration are a modern-reality of global social transformation. I don’t often see as much discussion of refugees however. A nice infographic via Good Magazine.
Immigration and migration are a modern-reality of global social transformation. I don’t often see as much discussion of refugees however. A nice infographic via Good Magazine.
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Witt — January 13, 2009
It's an interesting topic, and you're right that it's an under-discussed issue, but I think the chart is badly designed and quite misleading.
For "Refugees By Country of Asylum," it's completely unclear what the percentages refer to. They total far more than 100%, so they can't refer to the total number of refugees. The percentages in each circle total *less* than 100%, so it can't be the percentage of refugees living in rural/camps/urban locales in each country/continent.
I thought it might refer to the percentage of each country's population that is taken in as refugees, but a quick glance at the US shows that can't be true (pop. 305 million, and we take in 50,000 refugees in a good year, not 3 million).
So I finally figured out that it must be trying to show "Of the refugees who live in [rural/camps/urban] locale, percentage of those people who live in ___ [country/continent]."
Maybe I'm dense, but it strikes me as a) non-intuitive, and b) very poorly labeled.
john — January 13, 2009
I agree that part of the graphic is unclear. I'm glad you did the careful thinking - I agree with your interpretation. I also agree it's a pretty non-intuitive representation of the issue.
Side note: You're right that the US only takes in about 50,000/year (though the # of seekers is roughly triple that I think). I believe the chart means to represent the Americas as a whole, not just the US.
I'm completely out of my area with this information though - any specialists know of a source that represents the issue more clearly?
La Sociologie Par L’Image - Refugees | The Global Sociology Blog — January 14, 2009
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Penny — January 14, 2009
More trouble with the graphic--the Mercator projection isn't a good choice for the representation of "the world." The Mercator projection is familiar, sure, and it has some actual applications, but its use really should be avoided in general graphics like this--unless we're comfortable perpetuating the idea that Greenland is bigger than Africa and South America (among other distortions that can have a cumulative effect on worldview).
For more on this, see Mark Monmonier, Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator Projection (University of Chicago Press 2004).
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