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Tag: migrants

Mapping Where Migrant Children Are Detained

Published on 22 June 2018 by Jonathan Crowe

The Washington Post is mapping the locations where migrant children are being detained, and is asking for reader submissions to update the map. [Kaz Weida]

I believe other maps of detained children are being produced; I’ll post links as I learn of them.

Link•Categories Infrastructure•Tags immigrants, immigration, migrants, migration, prisons, USA, Washington Post

Fifteen Years of Migrant Deaths

Published on 16 June 2016 by Jonathan Crowe

migrant-deaths

Moris Büsing’s interactive map chronicles the deaths of migrants and refugees trying to reach Europe over the past 15 years—more than 32,000 deaths in all. [Boing Boing]

Link•Categories Web Mapping•Tags Europe, migrants, refugees

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