President Joe Biden's administration may provide immigration rights and citizenship to many foreign "Climate migrants" who claim they are being displaced by climate change, the Associated Press reported this week.
No nation offers asylum or other legal protections to people displaced specifically because of climate change.
President Joe Biden's administration is studying the idea, and climate migration is expected to be discussed at his first climate summit, held virtually Thursday and Friday.
President Biden issued an executive order on February 4 ordering national security adviser Jake Sullivan to produce a report by August 3 on "Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration," including options for protecting and resettling climate change-displaced persons.
The idea still faces monumental challenges, including how to define a climate refugee when natural disasters, drought and violence are often intertwined in regions people are fleeing, such as Central America.
"Specifically, the legislation would create a U.S. resettlement pathway for people displaced by climate change," among other things.
The World Meteorological Organization released a report Monday claiming that climate change has displaced an average of 23 million people annually since 2010 and nearly 10 million recorded in the first half of 2020 alone, especially in Asia and East Africa.
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Thursday, April 22, 2021
Biden Considering Offering Asylum to People Displaced by Climate
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