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UN Issues Decision Stating Climate Change Refugees Cannot Be Sent Home

1/7/20 AILA Doc. No. 20012411. Asylum & Refugees
The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a decision recognizing the right to claim refuge because of the climate crisis. These decisions are not legally binding and the decision is unlikely to affect U.S. immigration policy.
Cite as AILA Doc. No. 20012411.