Syria and Tuvalu - forced migration

Question 1

impacts of climate change - Tuvalu

Answer 1

• salinisation of farm lands
• highest point on island 4m
• flooding
• destruction of infrastructure
• loss of land
• increase water borne diseases
• coastal erosion

Question 2

migration stats -t

Answer 2

• likely to become the first uninhabitable country due to climate change
• almost 5000 left 2023 out of 11 000
• mostly to new Zealand

Question 3

impacts of conflict - syria

Answer 3

• conflict 2011
• widespread unemployment and poverty
• environmental damage
• historic sites ruined
• deaths and injuries
• citizens displaced
• economic loss

Question 4

migration stats-s

Answer 4

• more than 4 million people out of the country
• largest refugee crisis in the last quarter of a century
• to Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt
• 47% under 18