World Refugee Day: The search for a land of freedom
Every day, people around the world make the difficult decision to leave their countries in search of safety and better lives. Forced to flee their home because of war, violence or persecution, often without warning, these refugees leave behind family members and friends, and most of their belongings. Their hope of arriving safely is often dashed by experiences of trauma or torture at the other end
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Climate refugees are a reality now, with climate change causing the displacement of people across frontiers. Over the past few decades, the many inhabited islands comprising the Sundarbans deltaic region in the Bay of Bengal is disappearing due to continual rise in sea level caused by global warming. The Lohachara was the first island in the world submerged by the sea, and its inhabitants, the world’s first climate refugees. The Ghoramara island, seen above, has lost almost 75 percent of its land. Many climate refugees from across the Sundarbans have migrated to Dhaka, Bangladesh, and now live in conditions of intense crowding and poverty
