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New Zealand denies climate change asylum bid

2013-11-26 08:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: The New Zealand High Court has rejected a bid by a man from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati to stay in the country as a climate-change refugee. Ioane Teitiota - whose work visa had expired - had said rising sea-levels meant there was no land in Kiribati he and his family could return to safely. The low-lying island nation is vulnerable to climate change. But the judge said environmental problems did not fit internationally recognised criteria for refugee status. "By returning to...

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