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World: World - Events - ECHO Daily Map | 23/11/2015

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Source: European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office
Country: Afghanistan, Belgium, Cameroon, Chad, Croatia, Ecuador, Jordan, Liberia, Myanmar, Serbia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, World

Western Balkans - Refugee crisis
• Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have applied restrictions to the number of nationalities eligible to enter their territory.
• Figures confirm a sharp decrease in the number of transit (from 7000-8000 to 4000-5000 average daily).

Afghanistan - Earthquake
• 22 November - Earthquake magnitude 5.9 M occurred in Badakhshan province.

Myanmar - Landslide
• 21 November - Over 115 people died and 80 houses are destroyed because of a landslide of waste rocks at a jade mine in the town of Hpakant, Kachin State.

Jordan - Displacement
• An estimated 7 000 Syrian asylum seekers remain stranded at the border between Jordan and Syria.

Chad - Violence/displacement
• State of emergency in Lac region - an estimated 64 000 people have been displaced due to Boko Haram activities since the end of January. A further 11 000 people had been displaced since January.

Cameroon - Violence/displacement
• 21 November - attack by three suicide bombers suspected to be part of Boko Haram has claimed the lives of five civilians in Fotokol, Far North region of Cameroon.

Liberia - Ebola
• Three new cases of Ebola have been detected in a densely inhabited suburb in Monrovia.

Ecuador - Volcanoes
• Yellow Alert - Cotopaxi volcano: emission of ash and gas columns.
• Orange Alert - Tungurahua volcano: ash fall is putting public health and crops at risk.

Belgium - Security alert
• Brussels on maximum security alert terror threats.
• Soldiers patrol streets, metro shut down and authorities warn people to avoid crowds.


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