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  • Lawyers Call for Changes in International Law to Help ‘Climate Exiles’ (More muslims in our future?)

    10/16/2009 4:30:33 AM PDT · by IbJensen · 5 replies · 581+ views
    CNS News ^ | October 16, 2009 | Patrick Goodenough
    (CNSNews.com) – International law dealing with refugees should be amended to cover people affected by disasters attributed to climate change, environmental lawyers are arguing. With the United Nations and others predicting upward of 200 million people being displaced by 2050 as a result of environmental changes, the London-based Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) says they will need help dealing with “statelessness and compensation.” “International refugee law focuses on those who are persecuted for political, racial or religious reasons,” the organization’s director, Joy Hyvarinen, said in a statement Thursday. “It was not designed for those who are left...