[HOT] Refugee Crisis

[Katja Ulbert]

Hi all,

since August, I have been active mapping the Refugee Crisis in Europe, 
together with a team of OSM mappers from the Balkans, Central Europe and 
since a few weeks also Greece. We have mapped all camps along the route, 
bordercrossing points, migrant detention centres and crowdsourced 
information from volunteer organisation and UNHCR. It is used by 
volunteers as well as NGOs like MSF. For security reasons we have 
decided to save the files locally.

http://u.osmfr.org/m/55091/



We are also providing volunteer and supply management for grassroots 
organisation as they play such a crucial role. This function will be 
integrated into a crisis management platform for whole Europe hosted by 
the Sahana Software Foundation and will include a map as well. They have 
a request from the Hellenic Informatics Unit for a map like ours, so 
Greece will be the next focus. We have many plans, starting with a field 
mapping project with refugees in Calais, precise infrastructure mapping 
along the whole route starting from the Aegaens, mapping in the camps 
itselves. Anyway, this is an adventure for all involved and we are very 
high spirited.

Please be aware that this is not a HOT project, but a private volunteer 
initiative. Before you start mapping anything refugee related you should 
have been in the fields or done a lot of research(I have done both) , be 
looped into the important networks, get into contact with coordinators 
on the ground and have a good understanding of political dynamics and 
local history. Also, no up-to-date imagery is available (for free), you 
have to deal with registration, accreditation and police restrictions. 
Overall it´s a delicate and unpredictable situation with many actors.

But fortunately this is only true for the Balkans. Mapping drop-off 
points, warehouses, registration or accomodation centres in Scotland or 
UK is a fantastic idea. If I can help with contacts or advice please let 
me now.

Let´s keep in touch!

Katja


On 10-Nov-15 11:01, Leon van der Meulen wrote:
> Henk Hoff is going to coordinate this kind of activities for the Red Cross from Budapest, maybe he has some ideas. I’ve included him in cc.
>
> Best,
>
> Leon
>
>> On 10 Nov 2015, at 04:25, Mike Dupont <jamesmikedupont at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I am thinking that the refugee crisis is something that might be
>> mapped. It seems to be the biggest crisis in a long time yet no HOT
>> activation. There are all types of things to map, starting with
>> makeshift refugee camps.
>> mike
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 7:14 AM, Bob
>> <openstreetmapcraigmillar at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> In the Uk we are seeing groups of people setting up collection points for donation for refugees. Are there any mapping groups/tasks visualising data concerning refugees, coordinating aid,camps etc. I hope to pass this information on to various groups at State of the map Scotland
>>>
>>> all the best
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
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