Colombian court recognizes environmental refugees
Wednesday, 24 April 2024 ()
Bogota (AFP) April 23, 2024
A Colombian court has ruled that environmental calamities, sudden or gradual, can legally be considered a cause of forced displacement, placing obligations on the state to shield and aid affected citizens. The Constitutional Court found that people can be forcibly displaced by "sudden environmental catastrophes or processes of gradual environmental deterioration such as climate change, defor
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