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What Are The Pros And Cons Of Environmentally Displaced People

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Now a days, the climate changes are getting even more threatening for humans and the whole Earth. It has been estimated that more than 20 million human beings will be environmentally displaced from their homelands in the near future especially after the event of rise in the sea level because of global warming. All these factors will have an extremely adverse effect on the population of a lot of countries especially those in Africa and Asia, and it will result to the appearance of a certain category of people- environmentally displaced people- that’s why all countries must stand together and find a way to protect people who suffered and left their homelands due to the environmental disasters, but to do that, all countries must first consider pros and cons of environmental displacement. Environmentally displaced people (also known as: climate refugees) are defined as people who are forced to migrate because their homelands and possessions are severely damaged by lethal environmental disasters that are everlasting or even shortage of resources in their countries. These are usually results of the slow rise of sea levels. The potential scale of displacement and permanent resettlement related to …show more content…

Moreover, environmental displacement has an adverse effect on the social life of the refugees; they tend to be treated as outsiders and are rather hated, so during taking their education in a foreign country, they are not given equal rights like the native citizens and even in hospitals they are given less care than that given to the country’s original citizens. Besides, sometimes the environmentally displaced person suffers from racism from his colleagues, neighbors, or even teachers. Throughout Western Europe, refugees and migrants have increasingly been the targets of racist attacks and harassment, thus part of the government’s duty regarding environmental refugees is giving them their rights and enhancing their dignity in front of the original

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