Migration

Migration

1. Recent trends in global migration

   • countries with the most IDPs
     • colombia, syria, iraq, democratic republic of congo, sudan
   • most refugees come from:
     • syria, afghanistan, south sudan, somalia, sudan
   • top host countries for refugees:
     • turkey, pakistan, lebanon, iran, uganda
   • received most asylum applications:
     • germany, U.S., italy, turkey, france
   • 2 pieces of evidence:
     • #1: 1 in 4 refugees worldwide are Syrian
       • #2: 1 million of world's refugees are from Somalia

2. summary of current situation of displaced group: Somalian people

   • More than 1.5 million people have become internally displaced in Somalia since November 2016 as a result of drought, conflict and flooding
     • Most displaced people are leaving farm areas and moving towards city centres in search of ways to make a living and humanitarian assistance.
       • The increased displacement also adds to the high number of forced evictions of IDPs and the urban poor from major towns
         • The majority of people have self-settled in sub-standard IDP sites and are repeatedly identified as the poorest and most vulnerable, often with limited local acceptance due to their social background

3. summary of your novel character's identity as a global migrant

   • Margarita Engle
     • A cuban refugee that lives in California
       • She thinks that it's different in California than in Cuba. It's something she's never seen before and she doesn't really like it because nobody speaks Spanish.
         • Sometimes it's hard to translate things in language. If you say one thing in one language people who speak that language see it as a normal thing. But if you say it to people who speak another language it can be understood in a different way.