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# Trends in Affirmative Asylum Grantees in the United States

Preferred citation (DataCite format):

  Steiner, Heidi (2021).
  Trends in Affirmative Asylum Grantees in the United States.
  University of Arizona Research Data Repository.
  Figure. https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.14515179


Corresponding Author:
  Heidi Steiner, College of Medicine, heidiesteiner@email.arizona.edu


License:
  CC BY 4.0


DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.14515179



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## Summary

This visualization, titled "Trends in Affirmative Asylum Grantees in the
United States" was submitted by Heidi Steiner to the University of Arizona
Libraries 2021 Data Visualization Challenge. It received the first place win
within the graduate classification.

Submitted Abstract:  

Every year people come to the United States (US) seeking protection because
they have suffered persecution or fear that they will due to their race,
religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group. Asylum is a
protection granted to foreign nationals already in the US or arriving at the
border who meet the international law definition of a “refugee”. This
visualization aims to understand population movement during the last 20 years.
I use aggregated refugee and asylee data from the Department of Homeland
Security. I show patterns in population movement vary over time based on
political failures preceding movement.



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## Additional Notes

This item is part of the University of Arizona Libraries 2021 Data Visualization Challenge, which is available here:
https://doi.org/10.25422/azu.data.c.5405493

Links:
  - https://github.com/heidiesteiner/datavizchallenge21