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As more climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will need to adapt

  • Written by Katharine M. Donato, Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, and Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
imageMigrants hoping to reach the distant U.S. border walk along a highway in Guatemala in January 2021.AP Photo/Sandra Sebastian

Climate change is upending people’s lives around the world, but when droughts, floods or sea level rise force them to leave their countries, people often find closed borders and little assistance.

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