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MPI discusses interesting developments and seek to peer around the corner on pressing migration topics in conversations with top experts
Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Stories of Climate Change and Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border
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24 minutes 52 seconds
9 months ago
Changing Climate, Changing Migration: Stories of Climate Change and Migration to the U.S.-Mexico Border
Natural disasters and other impacts of climate change are already affecting migration, but often in complex ways. This episode, we speak with Julia Neusner, a lawyer and researcher with the International Refugee Assistance Project. She has conducted surveys and interviews with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border about whether, where, and how they have experienced climate impacts, and offers some of their stories here. More than 40 percent of respondents said they experienced climate-related disasters, but few said those factors were the primary reason why they moved—offering further evidence of the fact that the linkages between changing climates and migration are not always clearcut.
Migration Policy Institute Podcasts
MPI discusses interesting developments and seek to peer around the corner on pressing migration topics in conversations with top experts