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UK should open borders to climate refugees, says Bangladeshi minister | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Up to 20 million Bangladeshis may be forced to leave the country in the next 40 years because of climate change, one of the country's most senior politicians has said. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Bangladesh's finance minister, called on Britain and other wealthy countries to accept millions of displaced people.

In a clear signal to the US and Europe that developing countries are not prepared to accept a weak deal at next week's Copenhagen climate summit, Abdul Muhith said Bangladesh wanted hosts for managed migration as people began to abandon flooded and storm-damaged coastal areas.



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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Dec 5th, 2009 at 11:09:21 AM EST
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Actually, it's already happening. An awful lot of the economic migrants coming from Africa originate in countries with diminishing opportunity due to climate change.

Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming the sahara due to climate change. Also, World Bank and WTF impositioons impoverish people and leave them with no choice but to try their luck in europe.

Nobody but nobody pays thousands of pounds of money they don't have to travel to a place they don't know if there are alternatives to hand.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Dec 6th, 2009 at 08:21:34 AM EST
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