Syrian Crisis.... in a nutshell

Essential viewing for Year 9, 10, 12 and 13 in particular...

The first few minutes is particularly useful in identifying the underlying causes of the current migrant crisis involving Syrian asylum seekers.

More barriers going up...

A very useful map from the Economist showing some of the current boundaries that have been put up between different parts of the world. Click a country to see where the border lies, and the reasons for its creation.

Thanks to Miss Kyndt for the tipoff for this.
Make sure you follow the @KingsElyGeog twitter feed for more like that...