With its limited resource base, Tuvalu is extremely vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change, variability and extreme weather events. Rising sea levels combined with extreme weather events is contributing to the inundation of low lying areas.

Environmental refugees include immigrants forced to flee because of natural disasters, such as volcanoes and tsunamis. The International Red Cross estimates that there are more environmental refugees than political refugees fleeing from wars and other conflicts….

Isle de Jean Charles, home to the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw band of Native Americans, has lost 98 percent of its land since 1955. Its 99 remaining residents have been dubbed “America’s first climate refugees.” “There’s just a little strip of it left,” said resident Rita Falgout….

Turkey

Many fled to Bangladesh, which led to the establishment of the Kutupalong refugee camp. As more than 800,000 refugees arrived in the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh, Kutupalong became the world’s largest refugee camp….

According to the UNHCR, the EU countries with the biggest numbers of recognised refugees at the end of 2014 were France (252,264), Germany (216,973), Sweden (142,207) and the United Kingdom (117,161).

Refugees in Europe Fact to consider: 10% of all the world’s refugees and only a fraction of internally displaced persons were living in the EU in 2019. The share of refugees in the EU is 0.6% compared to its total population….

17 years

There are now nearly 80 million refugees and displaced people around the world. The International Rescue Committee is providing relief to millions in war zones and other countries in crisis; in Europe, where refugees continue to seek safety; and in our 26 resettlement offices in the United States.

Some migrants leave their country because they want to work, study or join family, for example. Others feel they must leave because of poverty, political unrest, gang violence, natural disasters or other serious circumstances that exist there.

By going through status determination processes and potentially being recognized as a refugee, individuals are legally protected by being granted legal documents that are issued from their country of asylum and are valid for a certain period of time, usually not less that one year at a time.

When did the Syrian refugee crisis begin? The Syrian refugee crisis is the result of a March 2011 violent government crackdown on public demonstrations in support of a group of teenagers who were arrested for anti-government graffiti in the southern town of Daraa….

Refugees are generally not allowed to travel back to their home country. Refugee protection is granted on the presumption that it is unsafe to return. Going back would imply that the situation in your country has improved and refugee status is not necessary anymore….

If removal is “withheld,” it means the refugee will not be deported. Withholding of removal is similar to asylum relief, but with several key differences: Unlike asylum, withholding of removal does not have a one-year filing deadline. The immigrant can petition for withholding of removal at any time before deportation.

Millions of refugees and asylum seekers are denied the right to work because governments are worried about their potential to displace locals from jobs and drive down wages. Allowing them unrestricted access to the labour market can actually reduce the impact on wages and create fiscal benefits for government….

Shrinkage continued over the next two years, until Trump set the ceiling for 2020 at 18,000—mockingly close to the statutory ceiling of 17,400 that Congress had repealed in 1980. This dispiriting situation is not the fault of the Refugee Act, and it can be fixed without new statutes….