CLIMATE MIGRATION,
HUMANITARIAN,
ASYLUM,
REFUGEE CASES

Since 1951,

Since 1951, Canada has been a leader in the acceptance of refugees as a signatory of the The 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol where the UN defines a refugee as “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”

And now an even bigger problem is emerging.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has projected that by 2050 over 1.5 billion people will be displaced from their homes to seek relocation either internally within their countries or externally to other countries. By the end of the present century, the figure will be close to 2.5 billion people, most of whom will be moving from south to north. Climactic zones are moving at the rate of about 30 km per year northwards so that by the end of the century the ideal zones to live will lie between 60° and 40° northern latitudes. Canada falls squarely within that zone.

Canada and other northern countries will now be called upon to accept a new yet-to-be -defined immigrant – the “climate refugee”. The purpose of this site is to keep abreast of the avenues presently available to individuals who are both conventional refugees and individuals displaced by increasing climatic upheaval