Disinformation about migration

Using data to bust myths about migration

Drawing on the World Migration Report 2020 and the article “5 charts that bust some myths about migration” by Dr. Marie McAuliffe and Adrian Kitimbo published by the World Economic Forum

Migrants to, within and from Africa 1990–2019

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Migrants to, within and from Africa
  1. What two regions make up migrants to Africa?

Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe and Northern America
Asia and Europe
  1. Migrants within Africa refer to:

  1. Majority of migrants from Africa reside in what region?

Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
Asia

Using data to bust myths about migration: Number of refugees by top five host countries, 2018

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Number of refugees by top five host countries
  1. What were the top five host countries of refugees in 2018?

  1. What country experienced consistent growth since 2013?

Uganda
Pakistan
Turkey

Quiz questions

  1. Examine figure 1. Based on the figure, where do the majority of migrants from Africa migrate to? Within Africa Asia Europe None of the above

Within Africa
Asia
Europe
None of the above
  1. Examine figure 2. Based on the figure, which country hosts the largest number of refugees? Pakistan Turkey Uganda None of the above

Pakistan
Turkey
Uganda
None of the above