Environmental Migrants and Canada’s Refugee Policy

Author(s): Sheila Murray

Description: The source highlights the factors that influence Canada’s future refugee policy. It examines how climate change will create more refugees seeking asylum in Canada. However, at the same time, Canada’s neo-liberal approach to migrant issues fails to address the increased migration due to climate change.

Theme: Environmental justice and the climate crisis
Region: All of Canada
Province/Territory: N/A
Type of Resource: Journal article

Keywords: environmental migrants, environmental refugees, climate refugee, climate change, forced migration, policy

Link: https://refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refuge/article/download/34351/31258/35904

Date Published: 2010
Date Added to Database: 27 December 2025