The Syrian Refugee Crisis (4 Maps And Charts)

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VOX: The Syrian refugee crisis, in 4 maps and charts

It took a graphic photograph of a dead child washed up on the Turkish shores for much of the world to finally wake up to the human catastrophe of the Syrian refugee crisis. That crisis is not new: More 4 four million Syrians have been forced out of their home country since fighting began there in 2011. Many were hastily resettled in squalid refugee camps in neighboring countries. Since then, thousands of these refugees have risked drowning in the Mediterranean in hopes of finding a better life in Europe.

This tragedy may seem incomprehensible — and, morally, it is. But to understand how things came to be this way, here are a few maps and charts that help to outline the very basics.

WNU Editor: The numbers just keep on increasing.