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Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?

Environmental Crises Are Forcing Millions Into Cities. Can Countries Turn Climate Migrants Into an Asset?

Post by Will Granger. Colgate Class of 2022. Source: Baker, A. (2021, April 22). “How Kenya Copes with Thousands of Displaced Climate Migrants.” Time. Due to climate change, Kenya is currently experiencing intense internal flooding. Time Magazine sent one of their reporters to talk to natives in the area about how the flooding is causing mass migration from the region. Many—a former worker of a now-flooded campground says—are already being forced to migrate to neighboring towns and cities largely unprepared…

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Mexico’s Vow to Tighten Border Fails to Deter US-Bound Migrants

Mexico’s Vow to Tighten Border Fails to Deter US-Bound Migrants

Post by Lauren Leonard. Colgate Class of 2021. Source: Agren, D. (2021, April 14). “Mexico’s Vow to Tighten Border Fails to Deter US-Bound Migrants.” The Guardian. As part of the joint effort to control the surge of migration at the US-Mexico border, greater attention is being paid to the conditions of the Mexican Southern border that separates Mexico from Belize and Guatemala. Even with recently announced travel restrictions and greater allocation of border enforcement from the Mexican government, however, it…

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Migration Is Helping Africa in Many Ways

Migration Is Helping Africa in Many Ways

Post by Sofi Gaitan Wolfe. Colgate Class of 2024. Source: The Economist Newspaper. (2020, March 26). “Migration is helping Africa in many ways.” The Economist. As an Economist in the article states, many Africans find it beneficial to move to the West because in Europe, income is a major pull factor (wages are three times higher in the destination country). However, not everyone has the privilege of moving, since most cannot afford to pay migration costs, and most are intermediately…

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