Migration
The rise of the environmental refugee: nightmare in the making?
The rise of the environmental refugee: nightmare in the making?
Authors:
Stephen Castles; Refugee Studies Centre, Queen Elizabeth House (QEH), UK
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
Is environmental degradation set to create new waves of displaced people seeking asylum in the north? Will refugee camps and shantytowns foster civil disorder, pandemics and political extremism to threaten the interests of the developed world? Or is the concept of ‘environmental refugee’ a dangerous distraction from central issues of development and conflict resolution?
