Climate, Environment and Migration: Experiences of Migrants in South Africa

Robin Jilesen, M. Wegerif
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This article examines the impacts of climate- and environment-related adversity on migration from other sub-Saharan African countries to the prominent migration destination of South Africa. It describes factors and processes influencing migration decisions and identifies migration policy implications. Information was gathered through in-depth qualitative research conducted with 20 migrants now residing in South Africa’s Gauteng province, as well as interviews with key informants with expertise on migration and climate change and a review of existing literature. The principal finding is that although climatic and environmental stresses are not the primary drivers of migration, they play important direct and indirect contributing roles, often intersecting with economic, political, social and demographic drivers. Whether people respond to adverse conditions by migrating depends on the obstacles and facilitating factors, personal and household characteristics, and expectations of the destination. National and international migration policies need to more comprehensively address these increasingly important determinants of migration.
气候、环境与移民:南非移民的经历
本文探讨了与气候和环境有关的不利因素对从其他撒哈拉以南非洲国家向主要移民目的地南非移民的影响。文章描述了影响移民决定的因素和过程,并指出了移民政策的影响。通过对目前居住在南非豪登省的 20 名移民进行深入的定性研究,对具有移民和气候变化专业知识的关键信息提供者进行访谈,以及对现有文献进行回顾,收集了相关信息。研究的主要发现是,尽管气候和环境压力不是移民的主要驱动因素,但它们发挥着重要的直接和间接作用,往往与经济、政治、社会和人口驱动因素交织在一起。人们是否通过移徙来应对不利条件,取决于障碍和有利因素、个人和家庭特征以及对目的地的期望。国家和国际移民政策需要更全面地解决这些日益重要的移民决定因素。
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