Climate change and migration in the South Pacific region: policy perspectives

Boncour, Philippe; Burson, Bruce

doi:10.26686/pq.v5i4.4312

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“…International organisations dealing with refugees and migrants, including United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and IOM, advocate considering migration as an adaptation strategy in national policy responses (UNHCR, 2011). Boncour and Burson (2009) suggest that migration should not be seen as only a problem; in fact, it might increase the adaptive capacity of people. Boncour and Burson (2009) suggest that migration should not be seen as only a problem; in fact, it might increase the adaptive capacity of people.…”

Section: Consideration Of Migration Within Broad Spectrum Of Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The World Bank also suggests that migration can be a sensible climate change adaptation strategy if managed carefully and supported by good development policies and targeted investments (World Bank, 2018). Boncour and Burson (2009) suggest that migration should not be seen as only a problem; in fact, it might increase the adaptive capacity of people.…”

Section: Consideration Of Migration Within Broad Spectrum Of Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Naser

Swapan

Ahsan

et al. 2019

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Bangladesh experiences some of the most severe impacts of climate change, with impacts already evident in the coastal regions. Recent data shows that around 32% of the coastal communities in Bangladesh are affected by climate-induced hazards each year. In 2011, 64% among them were displaced locally and 27% were displaced to other locations in Bangladesh. It requires comprehensive and viable polices and planning to meet the challenges of managing a large number of displaced people. In this context, this paper reviews and investigates the effectiveness of current governance frameworks to address migration of affected communities. It argues that migration can be an effective way to cope with environmental shocks. Finally, it discusses policy imperatives for effective protection of people displaced by climate risks with a special reference to adopting a human rights-based approach in law and policy making for climate-induced migration.

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Section: Consideration Of Migration Within Broad Spectrum Of Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Consideration Of Migration Within Broad Spectrum Of Adaptationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Naser

Swapan

Ahsan

et al. 2019

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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“…Statelessness can occur when a country ceases to exist politically, such as during the decolonization period of the 20 th century, when there are changes in the way the States regulate their citizenship laws, administrative errors, when a parent neglects to register the birth of a child, persecution by States or due to membership of a certain group, as for example in the case of nomadic populations inhabiting a territory which crosses national borders, who are unable to acquire the citizenship of any of these States (Goris et al., ). The stateless international law regime was made to establish rules on statelessness that was caused by state succession or conflict of nationality law (Boncour and Burson, ). After a State ceases to exist, the legal status of the population on the territory is uncertain since there is a lack of a general right to nationality in customary international law.…”

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Migration as an Adaptation Strategy for Atoll Island States

Yamamoto

Esteban

2017

International Migration

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Adopting a policy of migration can be one possible adaptation strategy against climate change. It has been forecasted that if the worst predictions regarding climate change and sea level rise become reality atolls around the world could become submerged in the future. This would render them uninhabitable and could lead to questions about whether Atoll Island States could still be considered as States. The international community has been avoiding any commitment to create a convention that would protect people displaced by climate change. In order to solve such potential problems, the authors will argue that a framework of bilateral agreements, initiatives, and national policies could constitute a viable solution for the various interested parties. The article will discuss the characteristics of Atoll Island States, touching on possible solutions for climate change displacement which have been discussed by the governments and civil society of the affected States.

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“…Considering the alarmists position, the deadliest cyclone 'Sidr' in 2007, cyclone ' Aila' in 2009, and cyclone 'Mahasen' in 2013 severely affected the lives of the southwest coastal people resulting both temporal and permanent migration to nearby cities (Etzold and Mallick 2015;Gray and Mueller 2012;International Organization for Migration 2010). Push factor of seasonal migration exists in Khulna, the third largest city (in terms of area and population) in Bangladesh comprising more than1.5 million inhabitants (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 2011), because more severe and irreversible environmental degradation may necessitate the temporal and permanent relocation of affected populations to safer places (Boncour and Burson 2010). In contrast to the push migration, seasonal migration characterized by pull factor is a common phenomenon in Khulna because of its better connectivity with other regional cities and satellite towns, mostly due to strategic location and economic dominance (Haider 2010).…”

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Opportunistic Migration: A Collateral Promise for Development in Seasonal Migration of Southwest Coastal Bangladesh

2018

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Aligning with the broader discussion of migration, seasonal migration also resembled a multifold phenomenon ranging from reasons of temporal movement to settling down process at the place of destination. In this paper, seasonal migration was portrayed in between the ' alarmists' view and ' skeptic' view of migration, holding a new position called ' opportunistic migration' that seemed to offer benefits to the seasonal migrants characterizing by gaining social knowledge and earning money from the place of destination. The empirical data, face-to-face in-depth interviews, showed that both social and economic aspects of seasonal migration were dominated by the pull factors, and environmental aspects were linked with the push factors. This paper also highlighted that social network played an active role for seasonal migrants, in particular, the workers who seasonally migrated into the brickfields of southwest coastal Bangladesh. While migrating Proceedings of the RAIS Conference I APRIL 4-5, 2018 258 from the rural to the urban context, two-tier verbal agreements took place in between the brickfield owners with the contractors, and the contractors with the brickfield workers. Though those verbal agreements seemed to contain some extent of the failure of expectations by the above-mentioned actors related to seasonal migration, it also held optimism of development for every actor. Finally, this paper reused the term ' collateral promise' with a slighter social tone to understand the informal interactions among the employers, contractors, and the seasonal migrants.

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Climate change and migration in the South Pacific region: policy perspectives

Cited by 18 publications

References 10 publications

Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Climate change, migration and human rights in Bangladesh: Perspectives on governance

Migration as an Adaptation Strategy for Atoll Island States

Opportunistic Migration: A Collateral Promise for Development in Seasonal Migration of Southwest Coastal Bangladesh

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