According to experts, Bangladesh, a country of 170 million inhabitants, could experience the largest human displacement in history due to climate change. In the run-up to COP26 in Glasgow, the people of Bangladesh are keen to make their distress heard: "But when we talk about climate migration in international forums, we're not talking about climate change.
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The growing number of international migrants has now reached 272 million, surpassing the growth rate of the world population, according to new data from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) released on 17 September. These figures reflect a jump over 2010, when the
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As the United Nations General Assembly is now taking place and dozens of heads of state are about to take the podium to parade and deliver their good word, an internal note reveals the incredible unpreparedness of the United Nations to deal with the peril of climate migration.
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At a time when the debate on the reception of migrants is heating up in France, a recent study risks complicating matters. Climate change will dramatically increase the number of people wanting to flee their countries. Their number will rise to several hundred million by 2100. Where will these populations go
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Le ministre néo-zélandais du Changement climatique a annoncé qu’il envisageait la création d’un nouveau type de visa pour les déplacés climatiques. Priorité sera donnée aux habitants des îles du pacifiques menacées par la montée des eaux. Un nouveau type de visa pour un nouveau type de réfugiés : les
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In 2007, the BBC named Ioane Teitiota, a Kiribati national from the Pacific island of Kiribati, the first climate refugee. Teitiota and his family left for New Zealand in 2007 and applied for asylum as a climate refugee. He was returned to his home island by the New Zealand courts in September 2007.
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The world is watching refugees flood into a Europe that is unprepared for these new arrivals. Wars and social unrest due in part to climate change - leading to conflict and food shortages - have driven migrants out of their homes in search of shelter and a better life.
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