Protection of Climate Migrants from Small Island Developing States of the Pacific Region
Keywords:
climate migration, Small Developing Island States, migration policyAbstract
One of the negative effects of climate change is the sea-level rise that in combination with other environmental factors poses a threat to the very existence of some small island states sit uated in the Pacific region. In case of a direct threat of the complete sinking of these territories all their inhabitants will have to be displaced to other countries. The objective of this paper is to dis cuss migration from small island states as a specific case of climate migration and to identify basic principles on which the international cooperation aimed at providing this category of migrants with effective assistance could rest. The author is of the view that the most adequate and viable mecha nisms of international cooperation in this area are bilateral or regional agreements that would con stitute a legal basis for long-term migration projects carried out within the broader context of ad aptation to climate change.
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