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When is a refugee not a refugee?: ‘Climate migrants’ in Oceania

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Brittany Horton Posted in Managed Retreat/Migration — No Comments ↓

Climate change is reshaping Oceania. Rising sea levels are physically changing the boundaries of island nations, rendering some coastal areas uninhabitable and leading to saltwater contamination of freshwater resources. Increasing ocean temperatures are causing fundamental shifts in fisheries’ food webs,…

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Tagged with: Kiribati, Migration, Refugees, UNHCR

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