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Pacific Islanders reject 'climate refugee' status

2014-09-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Radio Australia: They have long been described as climate refugees: the hundreds of thousands of people living on low-lying Pacific islands who may be forced to migrate if rising sea levels leave their homes uninhabitable. But it is a term Pacific leaders say is loaded with political connotations and does not reflect the true dimensions of the problem. "They see [refugee] as a negative term that connotes victimhood and people in need of protection by the international community," Jane McAdam, director of the...

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