climate migrants
Weather-displaced people
Climate migrants are people who relocate because environmental changes—rising seas, drought, extreme weather, or other climate-related disruptions—have made their home regions uninhabitable or economically unviable.
The term encompasses both those who cross international borders and those displaced within their own countries.
Climate migrants from coastal Bangladesh have moved inland as flooding worsens.
Unlike refugees fleeing war or persecution, climate migrants lack formal legal recognition under international law.
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- droughtsExtended periods without precipitation
- environmental refugeesPeople fleeing degraded homelands
- forced displacementCoerced removal from home
- natural disastersCatastrophic environmental events
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- migrationimmigrants, refugees, refugee, asylum seekers, displaced persons
- labor migrationguest workers, guest worker, foreign workers, work permit, seasonal workers
- climate displaced
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climate migrantspolitical refugees
People fleeing governmental persecution
war refugees · asylum seekers · economic migrants · religious refugees · stateless persons
climate migrantsindigenous peoples
Original inhabitants of lands
settlers · long-term residents · homesteaders · snowbirds · repatriates
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