Support climate migrants
Rights activists urge rich states
Rights activists at a seminar in Durban have said the developed countries must provide support to the climate-induced migrants, shouldering their responsibility for carbon emission.
They said although the least developed countries are not responsible for global warming, the people of these countries have become the worst victims of climate change.
The seminar titled 'Climate Induced Migrants and Human Right Perspective' was held at the University of Kwan Zulu Natal (UKZN) on Wednesday, according to a message received here on Thursday.
A five-point demand was placed at the seminar. The demands include relocation and resettlement of the climate-induced migrants, replication of Australian Migration Law 2007, framing a legal regime by the UN in view of the term Universal Natural Person, and elaboration of Cancun agreement clause section 14 (F).
Six Bangladeshi climate networks - Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon, Bangladesh Indigenous People Network on Climate Change and Biodiversity, Climate Change Development Forum, Campaign for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods, Equity and Justice Working Group Bangladesh, and Network on Climate Change in Bangladesh, and six other international networks jointly organised the seminar.
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