The sinking nations
Kiribati Climate Change Relocation Refugee Crisis? Sinking Low-Lying Island Nations In Pacific, Indian Oceans Seeking Solutions Before It's Too Late
And this is one of several ocean nations (Tuvalu being the latest such example) which are now threatened by rising sea levels, and have had to consider relocation options.
Indeed, there are already millions of climate change and environmental refugees: both internally in a lot of countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria, and across borders. Plus the conflicts that all this brings. We all know that the Syrian mess was partly triggered by an exceptional 5 year drought; that the Arab Spring was additionally flamed by soaring food prices due to the droughts; we know that hundreds of thousands left New Orleans after Katrina, and a lot of them never came back.
We know that the migration to the US borders from the south partly has to do with gripping droughts in Central America. We know that a lot of refugees trying to reach Europe are from areas where life has become too unbearable because of water depletion, deforestation, overpopulation etc.
Let's face it. The process has already started. And the flood of people wanting to escape their misery will be only increasing ever more rapidly. And here's the bad news. Ultimately, they will be facing increasing problems with getting allowed into Europe, the US and other places around the world. And the great dehumanization, and more excuses and pretexts for the destruction of human rights and ending people's dignity will be triggered by all that.
Whoever thought these things are none of their concern because they were happening thousands of miles away, obviously hadn't thought this through. And we've all had it coming.
And this is one of several ocean nations (Tuvalu being the latest such example) which are now threatened by rising sea levels, and have had to consider relocation options.
Indeed, there are already millions of climate change and environmental refugees: both internally in a lot of countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria, and across borders. Plus the conflicts that all this brings. We all know that the Syrian mess was partly triggered by an exceptional 5 year drought; that the Arab Spring was additionally flamed by soaring food prices due to the droughts; we know that hundreds of thousands left New Orleans after Katrina, and a lot of them never came back.
We know that the migration to the US borders from the south partly has to do with gripping droughts in Central America. We know that a lot of refugees trying to reach Europe are from areas where life has become too unbearable because of water depletion, deforestation, overpopulation etc.
Let's face it. The process has already started. And the flood of people wanting to escape their misery will be only increasing ever more rapidly. And here's the bad news. Ultimately, they will be facing increasing problems with getting allowed into Europe, the US and other places around the world. And the great dehumanization, and more excuses and pretexts for the destruction of human rights and ending people's dignity will be triggered by all that.
Whoever thought these things are none of their concern because they were happening thousands of miles away, obviously hadn't thought this through. And we've all had it coming.