Climate Change as a Catalyst for Environmental Migration: International Challenges to Accommodate Environmental Refugees

Climate change has become one of the most prominent issues threatening environmental and human security, with environmental migration being one of its major consequences. This forces many individuals to leave their regions due to natural disasters such as droughts and floods, making migration a global issue that calls for a coordinated international response. In this context, countries, especially those in the Global South, face significant challenges in accommodating environmental refugees. This issue puts pressure on asylum systems, which are often ill-equipped to handle large numbers, and international laws regarding environmental refugees are still lacking, making it difficult to protect these individuals. Despite these challenges, this phenomenon presents an opportunity for international cooperation in formulating sustainable migration policies based on human rights, such as establishing mechanisms for adaptation to climate change and creating safe zones. This research focuses on studying the challenges of environmental migration and how to address them, with an emphasis on providing legal protection for environmental refugees. It also points out that solutions require international cooperation and the development of sustainable migration policies that include mechanisms for adapting to climate change and providing safe areas.