21-12-2017 20:05 via yahoo.com

Climate change seen causing big rise in migrant flow to EU by 2100

By Alister Doyle Environment CorrespondentOSLO (Reuters) - Rapid global warming could almost triple the number of migrants reaching the European Union by 2100, adding to factors such as war and persecution that force people to leave home, scientists said on Thursday.The study, criticized by some other researchers as exaggerated, said asylum applications to the EU from 103 nations tended to rise in the 2000-2014 period when temperatures at home were far hotter or colder than the ideal for growing
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