Colombia's climate migration plan
When we typically hear about immigrants in the news, they're people trying to find better lives by escaping poverty and warfare. However, less attention is paid to climate migrants—individuals forced to flee their homes due to flooding, hurricanes, and drought.
The U.N. Refugee Convention doesn't recognize climate refugees and they have no grounds for seeking asylum when crossing borders. However, a bill introduced in Columbia, if passed into law, will grant protections like access to housing, health services, and education to those impacted by the environmental consequences of climate change.
Learn more about this important initiative here:
https://www.context.news/climate-risks/colombias-climate-migration-draft...
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Slipstream
We're going to see this happening more and more as time goes on, so it's uplifting to see one small country taking steps to consider the plight of its citizens. And I do hope others will follow. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
Evangel
It's heartbreaking that such laws are necessary. Climate disasters are being normalized and accepted as a new fact of life, giving corporations free rein to pollute unimpeded. We should instead be imposing strict laws that hold polluters accountable and make them pay for every expense needed for rehousing climate migrants.