Environmental Refugees: Develop Sustainable Livelihoods

Environmental Refugees
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Environmental Refugees
Climate change is driving people away from their homes and threatens to cause a major refugee crisis ever. International law awards refugee status only to people who fled their home countries due to war or fear of being prosecuted. It is disappointing to disregard those that have been displaced by climate change given the effects it poses on their lives. As such, devising solutions for environmental refugees is urgent. Canada should accept environmental refugees by embracing the new treaty being proposed by a group of scholars and activists. The existing treaty defining the refugee’s status is obsolete since it was formulated at the termination of World War II (Sengupta, 2017). This category of refugees is rising up as a trending major challenge in the world. Climate change and rise in sea levels pose a great threat to the poor Bangladeshis along the coastal area (InternuncioVideo, 2008). The water levels rise and break the embankments and cause floods. The water levels rising higher and higher necessitates constant maintenance of embankments all year round. This takes much manpower and resources. Individuals inhabiting the districts of Shatkira, Ashashon and Koira, and the Shamnagor province at large face the danger of losing their homes and lands t...