Education about the Refugee Crisis

Educating yourself is an important part helping refugees, and even if you do not have much time, you can learn more about refugees and be an advocate for them.

• The best place to start is here: http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c206.html.  You can use the drop down box on the right side of the page to look at different countries
• Current crises in Africa, the Mediterranean region, and Burma: http://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations
• The Rohingya migrant crisis: http://www.cfr.org/burmamyanmar/rohingya-migrant-crisis/p36651
• Explore the maps at www.therefugeeproject.org
• If you are in the US, see this White House infographic that explains the intensive and long process refugees go through to enter the US. https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/11/20/infographic-screening-process-refugee-entry-united-states
• If you are in the EU, you can read about migration policies here: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/
• Search online for individual stories about refugees.  There are many websites that have stories, videos, and podcasts about refugees, but a few are http://stories.unhcr.org/, http://iraqirefugeestories.org/, https://web.facebook.com/tsosrefugees/ and http://www.redcross.org.uk/What-we-do/Refugee-support/Refugees-true-stories