{"id":306,"date":"2013-03-07T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greenjean.timreader.co.uk\/?page_id=306"},"modified":"2015-02-27T15:15:20","modified_gmt":"2015-02-27T15:15:20","slug":"environmental-migration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/jeans-issues\/environment\/environmental-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Forgotten Element of Sustainability<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 1998 environmental disasters created more refugees than wars or other armed conflicts. With over three fifths of refugees environmental refugees, Jean is particularly keen to highlight the increasing link between asylum seekers and areas of environmental decline. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2002 Jean produced a report entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2002\/05\/01\/refugees-environment\/\">\u201cRefugees and the Environment: The Forgotten Element Of Sustainability.\u201d<\/a> The report draws attention to the high level of migration resulting from deteriorating environmental conditions around the world, and points out that many so-called \u2018economic migrants\u2019 are in fact environmental refugees.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanlambertmep.org.uk\/2002\/05\/01\/refugees-environment\/\">Download the report here: Refugees and the Environment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--end issuedetail div--><!--end padding div--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Forgotten Element of Sustainability In 1998 environmental disasters created more refugees than wars or other armed conflicts. 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