The Refugee Burden of Proof: Legal Gaps and Future Considerations For Climate Migrants

Aedan Raleigh
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As impacts of climate change become increasingly imminent and devastating, especially for the world’s most vulnerable communities, climate processes and events have forced certain populations to flee their homes. Climate refugees, also called environmental or climate migrants, describes those displaced by environmental disruption; however, international law has yet to delineate how these individuals fit into current refugee law or other areas of immigration assistance. This paper begins by examining current international refugee law, challenges to seeking asylum, and how this applies, or fails to apply, to climate migrants. I will then explore the burden of proof for the principle of non-refoulement and the difficulty in its application to those displaced by climate change. The United Nations Human Rights decision in the landmark case of Ioane Teitiota v. New Zealand, provides significant insight into the state of climate-caused displacement and highlights future paths in addressing this issue. Ultimately, I will argue that the current administration of international refugee law does not sufficiently accommodate climate migrants, and additional changes and considerations are required to appropriately handle the rapidly growing climate migrant crisis.
难民举证责任:气候移民的法律空白和未来考虑
随着气候变化的影响变得越来越紧迫和具有破坏性,特别是对世界上最脆弱的社区来说,气候过程和事件迫使某些人口逃离家园。气候难民,也被称为环境或气候移民,指那些因环境破坏而流离失所的人;然而,国际法尚未规定这些人如何适用于现行的难民法或其他移民援助领域。本文首先考察了当前的国际难民法,寻求庇护的挑战,以及这些法律如何适用于或不适用于气候移民。然后,我将探讨不驱回原则的举证责任,以及将该原则适用于因气候变化而流离失所的人的困难。联合国人权委员会在具有里程碑意义的Ioane Teitiota诉新西兰案中作出的决定,为了解气候导致的流离失所状况提供了重要见解,并强调了解决这一问题的未来途径。最后,我将指出,目前的国际难民法管理不能充分容纳气候移民,需要做出更多的改变和考虑,以适当处理迅速增长的气候移民危机。
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