What would move you?
The Syrian Refugee Crisis is the largest humanitarian operation in the world since World War II
- UNHCR Syria End of Year Report 2015
The world suffers a lot - not because of the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of good people
- Napoléon Bonaparte
Imagine if the below video was of your own home town
Imagine for a moment what your life might look like as a refugee
What could make you run, and not look back?
For a country with 20 million people in 2010, here's what Syria looked like at the end of 2015...
Over
250,000
Dead
6.5 million
Internally displaced persons
4.2 million
Refugees
13.2 million
In need of Humanitarian Assistance
Over
HALF
the population has been displaced
Since the onset of the crisis, the average life expectancy has fallen by 20 years.
HALF
the Refugees are children
Hover to see what these refugees brought with them
Ask yourself this:
What could be so awful that you could run from your home and everything you've ever known and not look back?
Wouldn't you hope someone would help you?
"Syria is the biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis of our time, a continuing cause of suffering for millions which should be garnering a groundswell of support around the world,”
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
Credits:
All visualizations are interactive for your exploration and are powered by Tableau Public
First video: https://vimeo.com/155895458
Second video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLVtSTqVEB4 (UN OCHA)
Refugee data: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.php
Other credits are noted in context
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by Nelson Davis
Syria Story
By Nelson Davis
