GLOBAL MIGRATION CRISIS
GLOBAL MIGRATION CRISIS Suzanne Shanahan Kenan Institute and Sociology
The Sixty Million • 244 million people outside their country • 14 million newly displaced this year because of violence and persecution. • 42,500 forced from their homes daily because of violence and persecution. • 10 million individuals were stateless (meaning without basic legal identity or citizenship) this year. • 34,300 unaccompanied minor refugees applied for asylum (the largest number since records have been kept).
Who are the displaced? Stats 20 million refugees, 38 million IDPs 2 million asylum seekers, 51% children Senders Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia Receivers Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Ethiopia 86% developing regions Scary fact Average time spent displaced/in a camp: 22 years
The False Distinction • Voluntary Migration and Forced Migration Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. (Emma Lazarus) Man, it turns out, can lose all the so called Right of man without Losing his essential quality as man, his human dignity. Only the loss of polity itself expels him from humanity. (Hannah Arendt)
Alice in Wonderland
• And then nothing happened. • Falling down the rabbit hole. • How does one create a dignified, meaningful life when displaced?
The Sixty Million • 244 million people outside their country • 14 million newly displaced this year because of violence and persecution. • 42,500 forced from their homes daily because of violence and persecution. • 10 million individuals were stateless (meaning without basic legal identity or citizenship) this year. • 34,300 unaccompanied minor refugees applied for asylum (the largest number since records have been kept).
Who are the displaced? Stats 20 million refugees, 38 million IDPs 2 million asylum seekers, 51% children Senders Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia Receivers Turkey, Pakistan, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, Ethiopia 86% developing regions Scary fact Average time spent displaced/in a camp: 22 years
The False Distinction • Voluntary Migration and Forced Migration Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. (Emma Lazarus) Man, it turns out, can lose all the so called Right of man without Losing his essential quality as man, his human dignity. Only the loss of polity itself expels him from humanity. (Hannah Arendt)
Alice in Wonderland
• And then nothing happened. • Falling down the rabbit hole. • How does one create a dignified, meaningful life when displaced?
