Who’s Taking Care of Our Children?

# of refugees # of refugees under 18 5M 2.5M 1M 500k 100k
Where are refugees...
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Which countries have the resources to
This visualization shows the top 10 countries of origin and top 20 countries of destination for refugees in 2015, ranked by greatest number of children. The area of the map’s inner circles represent the number of refugees under 18, compared to the total number of refugees (outer circle). Also, countries are highlighed, showing those with healthy economies and resources, ranked by GDP. In 2015, only 3 of these countries (China, Germany, and Brazil) took in more than 1,000 child refugees.