Under a deal with Britain, Rwanda will act as a "safe third country" where asylum seekers to the UK can be deported to have their asylum application processed. Is Rwanda, ranked as one of the most climate-impacted nations in the world, prepared to take in more refugees?
The International Centre for Climate Change and Development says governments should create a legal status for those displaced due to climate change and help shift public attitudes toward refugees.
Can climate change increase and hamper international migration at the same time? Yes, according to a new study from Germany. While climate change generally increases migration, this effect is greatly reduced as climate change also weakens economic growth, thereby limiting people's means to migrate in countries of the Global South.
In 2020, for the first time, the number of human trafficking victims detected globally decreased, the UN has said, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason. But the war in Ukraine and climate change are becoming driving factors of human trafficking.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has urged global leaders to curb the most devastating humanitarian consequences of the climate crisis and avert a catastrophic future for millions of displaced people.
The top countries of origin of the migrants who came to Italy in 2021 were countries particularly hard hit by climate-linked phenomena such as prolonged drought and extreme flooding, according to a new study by the Rome-based IDOS Study and Research Center.
Aid organization Oxfam has highlighted in a new report a dramatic increase in famine in areas severely affected by climate change. Global warming is bringing more extreme weather events such as droughts, hurricanes and floods to some of the poorest parts of the planet, which could fuel new migration patterns.
Refugee groups in Germany have condemned the deportation of Pakistani asylum seekers while the country is experiencing catastrophic flooding.
UNICEF and IOM (International Organization for Migration) launched new migrant child protection guidelines to safeguard them from climate change. In 2020 approximately 10 million children became displaced due to meteorological-induced shocks, the agencies said.
Northeastern Syria is experiencing its worst drought in nearly 70 years, with rising temperatures and erratic weather exacerbated by tensions with Turkey.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is appealing to world leaders attending COP26 in Glasgow to act now to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis on those forced to flee.
The director of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Coordination Office for the Mediterranean has denounced that disasters were responsible for 30.7 million newly internally displaced people in 149 countries this year alone. More than 98% of these movements were the result of risks linked to meteorological phenomena.