
Right now, "it is the world's poorest countries that are bearing the brunt" of the migration, said the Geneva-based body, calling for leaders to make "greater efforts, beyond Copenhagen," to tackle the complex issue. IOM director general William Lacy Swing said experts still struggle to measure the number of people worldwide who choose to leave or are driven from their homes because of climate change and environmental degradation.
But he said the IOM has established beyond doubt that environmental migration "is a growing trend" and that "climate change, demographic trends and globalisation all point to more migration in the future."…
Daumier's "The Refugees," 1848-1855
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