[palmer]

Related science paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629816301822 The bottom line is "The official UN and Syrian government estimate was that 40–60,000 families migrated from northeast Syria during 2008–09, not the 1.5 or 2 million people that is often claimed. Moreover, given that large-scale migration from northeast Syria predated the drought,..."

In other words you can blame Hussein's "Arab spring" for migration caused by disasters in Syria, Libya, Egypt (until the sane people took it back), etc.

[GaryCrow]

The only climate that’s influencing this migration is the climate of giving free stuff to anybody that can sneak across the border.

[stylin19a]

*** 40–60,000 families migrated from ***

that's a pretty wide range...