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Environmental Displacement and Environmental Migration: Blurred Boundaries Require Integrated Policies

by Michaela Hynie, York University; Prateep Nayak,  University of Waterloo, Teresa Gomes & Ifrah Abdillah, University of Toronto [RRN/CRS Policy Brief Submitted to the Government of Canada, December 2, 2016] Executive Summary As the pace and severity of environmental change increase, environmental migration is being recognized as a necessary and potentially beneficial adaptation to change, … Continue reading Environmental Displacement and Environmental Migration: Blurred Boundaries Require Integrated Policies →

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: persecuting the starving: the plight of North Koreans fleeing to China

This document describes the situation of thousands of North Koreans who have been fleeing their country of origin as a result of severe food shortages that have hit the country since 1994. Their government, however, criminalizes the act of leaving the county without permission. But North Koreans continue to flee in desperation. The vast majority … Continue reading Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: persecuting the starving: the plight of North Koreans fleeing to China →