Short C.S - Forced Refugee Migration Flashcards
Date Ethiopia
1984
Scale Ethiopia
Regional - internal
Direction Ethiopia
Eritrea –> Korem
Cause Ethiopia
Environmental - drought in Sahel –> famine
Political - corruption —> didn’t receive food aid
How many children in Korem
15,000
How frequently do people die Korem Ethiopia
Every 20 minutes
Proportional of children severely malnourished Korem
1/3
How many died in one night Korem
37
How many people need food aid start of 2016? Ethiopia
15 million
What has the famine in Ethiopia led to?
International migration.
How many people leave Ethiopia every month?
4000 every month
Does Eritrea provide lots of migrants to EU.
Yes - 2nd largest amount
Date Montserrat
1996
Scale Montserrat
Internal and international
Direction Montserrat
South of island —> north
Montserrat –> UK
Cause Montserrat
Environmental - volcanic eruption
How much of population fled? Montserrat
2/3 pop
7000 residents
How much mud in Plymouth? Montserrat
12 meters
When and how many died in a pyroclastic flow Montserrat
1997
19 died
Exclusion zone Montserrat
Set up in south = people evacuated
Iraq scale
International
Iraq direction
Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Europe
Cause Iraq
Political
Gulf war 1991 and second gulf war 2003 against Kuwait
- Sectarian violence and religious discrimination
How many years of violence. Iraq
30 years
How many Iraqi refugees?
4 million as of April 2007
How many Iraqi refugees in Syria?
1.2 million by 2007
How many Iraqi refugees to countries outside EU.
200,000 by April 2007
Date Libya
2011 —> present day
Libya scale
International
Libya direction
Tunisia, Egypt, Chad, Some Mediterranean countries
Libya cause
Political - civil war
How many refugees Libya?
1 million June 2011
How many Libyan refugees in Tunisia?
600,000 as of May 2014
4 case studies
- Ethiopia
- Montserrat
- Iraq
- Libya