ON THE RUN GLOBAL SITUATION & CHALLENGES OF REFUGEES

ON THE RUNGLOBAL SITUATION & CHALLENGES

OF REFUGEES

Anita Balidemaj

no one leaves home unlesshome is the mouth of a shark

- Warsan Shire

MAIN AREAS

Being on the run

Causes forfleeing

Hosting countries

Exodus route

Arriving in Germany

Weltweit über 65,6 Mio. Menschen auf der Flucht

25,4 mio. Refugees

40, 3 mio. Internally Displaced Persons

2,8 mio. Asylum Seekers

Worldwide more than 68,5 mio. people on the run!

Where does the majority come from?

Source: https://www.undispatch.com/not-just-syria-refugees-fleeing-new-conflicts-emerged-year/

W H E R E A R E M O S T O F T H E R E F U GE E S A F T E R H AV I N G L E F T T H E I RC O U N TRY ?

Quelle: UNHCR

Turkey: 2,9 Mio.

Pakistan: 1,4 Mio.

Lebanon: 1,0 Mio.

Iran: 979.400

Uganda: 940.800

Ethiopia: 791.600

CAUSES FOR FLEEING

War & Violence

Lack Of Perspective & Poverty

Dicrimination & Persecution

Commodity Trading & Land Grab

Destruction Of Environment &

Climate Change

EXODUS ROUTE

THERE ARE 3 WAYS TO GET TO

EUROPE

Airway

Land Route

Sea Route

Westafrica- Route

West Mediterranean Route

Central Mediterranean Route

East Mediterranean Route

Polar Route etc.

SOME KNOWN ROUTES

EXODUS ROUTE TO EUROPE

Source: http://sosmediterranee.org/wp-

content/uploads/2017/07/vorabveroeffnetlichung_fluchtrouten_marszalek.pdf

EXODUS ROUTE

Arrivals via Mediterranean

Route 2017:

172.301

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Dead & Missing:

3.139

Source: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/situations/mediterranean

Arrivals via Mediterranean

Route until 23.11.18

109.073

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Dead & Missing:

2.057

SITUATION IN GERMANY

SOME DATAS CONCERNING REFUGEESIN GERMANY

Registration of refugees seeking asylum in Germany:

2015: 890.000

2016: 280.000

2017: 186.644

10/18: 138.655

INTEGRATION?

Cultural

Social

Economic

CONTACT

Hessischer Flüchtlingsrat

Leipziger Straße 17

60487 Frankfurt am Main

Tel.: 069 976 987 10 / 069 272 902 80

E-Mail (general): [email protected]

Anita Balidemaj: [email protected]

THANKS A LOT FOR YOURATTENTION