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The Causes of Refugees

The Causes of Refugees. Environmental, Climate, Political and Social Jess Everingham and Jess Long . Environmental.

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The Causes of Refugees

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  1. The Causes of Refugees Environmental, Climate, Political and Social Jess Everingham and Jess Long

  2. Environmental The Climate Institute defines environmental refugees as  “people fleeing from environmental crises; because an inability to gain a livelihood due to environmental degradation, natural disasters, or development projects”. Desertification • Flooding

  3. Reasons for displacement include land degradation, drought, deforestation, natural disasters. There are currently between 25-30 million environmental refugees worldwide.

  4. Climate Change Refugees

  5. Political

  6. During 2009, 631,905 asylum seekers were recognised as Refugees.

  7. “Refugee Council CEO Paul Power said the UNHCR statistics emphasised the self-serving nature of much of the political debate about asylum seekers in Australia.”

  8. Social An 18 year old, Afghan refugee who lives with 5 other refugees in an apartment in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. These refugees are too afraid to leave the apartment for fear of being harassed by the local population or the police.

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