Migrant justice
A migrant is "a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence, whether within a country or across an international border, temporarily or permanently, and for a variety of reasons. The term includes a number of well-defined legal categories of people." -International Organization for Migration
Migrant justice is "a movement that calls for an end to displacement, detainment, and deportations; the fight for immigration status for all migrants, refugees, students, workers, and undocumented people." -Radical Action With Migrants in Agriculture & Migrant Rights Network, adapted by Michelle Xie [1]
Examples of people who would be defined as migrants
Migrant workers |
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Refugees |
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International students |
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Internal migrants |
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Migrant justice is climate justice
Climate change is increasing the frequency of migration [6] |
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Further marginalization of oppressed communities upon forced migration |
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The right to migrate |
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Access to work and social services |
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The right to self-determination |
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Success story: Mongla, Bangladesh [12]
The city of Mongla in Bangladesh is a great example of an inclusive welcoming for climate migrants. The city offers a job to all newcomers and is working actively to integrate them in schools and universities. This has improved the integration of migrants in their new community. New climate-resilient infrastructures was also built to improve the adaptative capacity of the city, and to protect the population.
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- ↑ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I
- ↑ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220622/dq220622c-eng.htm
- ↑ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/220622/dq220622c-eng.htm
- ↑ https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/study-canada/work/work-off-campus.html
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadian-firefighters-race-flames-evacuate-yellowknife-2023-08-18/
- ↑ Climate and migration. (2015). Exploring climate, disasters and migration. [Online podcast]. https://climatemigration.org.uk/podcast-when-people-move-understanding-how-climate-change-creates-the-movement-of-people/
- ↑ Migrant Rights Network. 2023. About Migrant Rights Network. https://migrantrights.ca/about/
- ↑ Greenfield, N. (2022). Climate migration and equity. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/climate-migration-equity
- ↑ Fukuchi, A. n.d. No borders: There is no environmental justice without immigrant justice. https://www.no-burn.org/no-borders-there-is-no-environmental-justice-without-immigrant-justice/
- ↑ Ahsan, R. (2019). Climate-induced migration: Impacts on social structures and justice in Bangladesh. South Asia Research, 39(2), 184-201.
- ↑ The Leap. 2019. Migrant justice is climate justice. https://theleap.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Migrant-Justice-is-Climate-Justice-4.12.19.pdf
- ↑ Alam, J. 2022. For climate migrants in Bangladesh, town offers a new life. https://apnews.com/article/immigration-climate-science-business-environment-f12044741514a62ca3f4fd692bf006d0