For a long time, it seemed refugee law had little relevance to people fleeing the impacts of climate change and disasters. Nearly 30 years ago, the High Court of Australia, for instance, remarked that ...

Every day, a quiet exodus unfolds across the globe. While headlines capture the drama of political upheaval and conflicts, a more subtle yet equally profound displacement occurs. Climate change is ...

Ahead of this year's huge Copenhagen summit on climate change, there have been plenty of alarmist headlines in America's major media outlets, many focusing on new reports which outline the chaos that ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday warned that by 2050, the hottest refugee camps could face nearly 200 days of extreme heat stress per year, posing serious risks to health ...

Student groups placed signs displaying refugee statistics along the walkways of the Arts Quad to foster discussion about the global refugee crisis, including the plight of climate change refugees. The ...

Anthropology Professor Mubbashir Rizvi, left, Refugees International Climate Displacement Program Manager Alice Thomas and Environmental Law Center attorney Sofia Yazykova urged immediate action to ...

LONDON, Nov 30 (UNHCR) - A dress made from the heavy fabric of a tent used to shelter refugees in Jordan shimmers unexpectedly into life at the busy London train station, sparkling with data provided ...

In between rows of tomato vines and potato plants sprouting out of the desperately water deprived fields of southern Jordan, a young girl dreams of school while harvesting crops alongside her mother.

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Wednesday it had recorded a 40% surge in the incidence of malaria, attributing the increase to a range of factors including a refugee influx, climate change and a ...

Jane McAdam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. She is a member of the expert sub-committee of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration. She thanks the Open Society ...