UN agency hails finding on climate refugees

Geneva (AFP) Jan 24, 2020

The UN refugee agency praised on Friday an expert panel's finding that sending migrants back to countries severely hit by climate change could breach their human rights. "Whole communities are going to be at increasing risk," said Andrew Harper, special adviser for climate action at UNHCR, praising the UN Human Rights Committee's finding as a "wake-up call". "We cannot afford to be reac