This New York Times graphic, The Scale of the Migrant Crisis, From 160 to Millions, visually represents the burgeoning migrant crisis in Europe noting it is "only a smaller piece of the overall crisis". Over the course of several years, "countries in the Middle East that border Syria or Iraq, where conflict has displaced millions, have accepted many more refugees than Europe. Asylum seekers in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan are expected to increase by almost a million in 2015, reaching 4.7 million by December."
By Gregor Aisch, Sarah Almukhtar, Josh Keller and Wilson Andres. Updated September 22 2015.
The World Bank hosts scholarly reports and studies, financial data, as well as news pertaining developing nations around the globe. The following reports outline those factors that have contributed to inequality, uprisings, and conflict in the Arab World and highlight the highlight the humanitarian crisis of Syrian refugees.
World Bank: Economic Indicators Failed to Predict Arab Uprisings
Millions of Children in the Arab World are missing the basic foundations for Healthy Development
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