As the European Union welcomes Germany’s decision to waive the Dublin Regulation in the case of Syrian asylum seekers, The Telegraph shows readers the distribution of asylum applications across Europe
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Telegraph from the UK has turned numbers into visual attributes of understanding the refugee crisis of the mass exodus and requests for asylum in Europe, predominantly by Syrians and Eritreans in 2014. NOTE: The 2015 numbers are not represented here (certainly not in completion, as we’re only in the first days of September at the time of publishing this graphic, with another 3 months to go in the year and no sign of diminishing numbers.
The crisis therefore isn’t just for the immigrants looking to escape the devastation of their society and homelands; the countries receiving these people will be facing massive strains on their own resources, from housing to food to transportation and education, right down to the neighborhood level as state governments will have to deal with unexpected (and probably unprecedented) social service needs.
How well chosen to use increasingly darkening shades of a color (Red, here) to show the quantities of people asking for help.
