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Legal Protection For The Environmental Refugee, Dr. Alia Zakaria
Legal Protection For The Environmental Refugee, Dr. Alia Zakaria
مجلة جامعة الإمارات للبحوث القانونية UAEU LAW JOURNAL
In recent years, the environmental migrant movements have increased significantly around the world as a result of the recent environmental disasters, whether they were natural or man-made. Moreover, although the Global Compact on Refugees - adopted by the United Nations on 17/12/2018- has affirmed the climatic factors and natural disasters as causes for the increase of refugee movements, there are yet no binding legal provisions upon which the receiving countries are obligated by virtue of law to receive those environmental migrants.
In this regard, this current study sheds light on the concept of "Environmental Refugees" in specific; as the study …