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Articles by Dina Ionesco
Environmental Migration a Global Challenge
Development & Aid, Environment, Featured, Global, Headlines, Humanitarian Emergencies, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Migration & Refugees, TerraViva United Nations Opinion By Dina Ionesco Reprint | | Print | Dina Ionesco is the head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change Division at the UN International Organization for Migration (IOM), which has been at the forefront of efforts to study the links between migration, the environment and climate.
Climate Migration: From the Paris Agreement to the Global Compact for Migration
Dina Ionesco is Head of the Migration, Environment and Climate Change division at IOM. GENEVA, Nov 30 2017 (IOM) - When Hurricane Maria hit Dominica this year, Tosca Augustine and her three children sought shelter in a nearby school as they saw their home vanish into thin air along with all their belongings. Similar stories are echoed elsewhere. In the Carteret Islands in Papua New Guinea, climate change is clearly visible.
To stay or go? Sudden-onset disasters displacing tens of millions every year
Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, displaced more than a million residents and damaged some 200,000 houses in August 2017. The same month, extreme rainfall led to floods and landslides across Nepal, India and Bangladesh, killing nearly 1,200 and displacing millions. In 2017, only drought in the Greater Horn of Africa displaced more people – forcing more than 1 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya from their homes.
Rising Tides and Climate Migration’s Future
Women affected by the recent flash floods in Peru are pictured at a camp set up by volunteers and authorities in the district of Huachipa, east of Lima, on March 21, 2017. The El Nino climate phenomenon is causing muddy rivers to overflow along the entire Peruvian coast, isolating communities and neighborhoods.
IOM Statement on South Sudan
"IOM is deeply concerned by the resumption of violence in Juba five years after independence," IOM Director General William Swing said in a statement issued in Geneva. "Many civilians have been displaced by conflict and are directly threatened by the violence that has taken place since last Friday." "We call on both parties to urgently restore security by immediately disengaging their forces and engaging in dialogue," he said.
‘Take Back Control of Immigration’ Rallying Cry for Leavers
The catchphrase “Take Back Control” which turbocharged the "Brexit" campaign for Britain to leave the EU brilliantly exploited an anxious nation’s concerns about sovereignty and change in an encroaching multicultural world. Fears about immigration provided much of the oxygen for today’s vote. A frighteningly high number of voters it seems, believed the exaggerated statements made about refugees and migrants to be true.
The Last of the Children of the Tide
Many moons ago, in a faraway world, there lived a creature named Bonono, a giant eel larger than a coconut tree that would roam the ocean, hunting sharks and swallowing fishermen who had the misfortune to cross his path. This is a legend of the people of the tide in the Tulun Islands, who live at the top of an underwater volcano in the Solomon Sea, known to the Western world as the vanishing Carteret atolls of the Pacific Ocean.
Who is a Migrant?
The current very significant levels of human mobility have put migration, more than ever, under the spotlight. This has spurred debate about the usage of correct terminology regarding migration and in this context, the definition and meaning of the word ‘migrant’ has become quite pertinent. IOM considers it important to use ‘migrant’ as an umbrella term covering a vast range of people moving away from their home.
“Don’t call us Victims” - Surviving climate change in the Pacific
On face value, the Carteret Islands are a little piece of paradise in the Pacific. Located 86km north-east of Buka, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, the atoll is home to a scattering of five picturesque islands and some of the clearest ocean water I have ever come across. However, dig a little deeper and spend just a few minutes on any of these five, low-lying islands, and the impact of climate change and rising sea levels is evident to even the untrained eye.
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Nadira turns the pages of her family photo album with the pain of loss etched on her face. Sitting with Nadira and her teenage daughter Sa’ada in their tent at Shekhan camp in northern Iraq, IOM Iraq staff learns of the immense loss their family has faced, through the photos they share. “Before we were displaced, we spent a lot of time together as a family. We had lots of parties and picnics together. We all lived in the same neighborhood,” Nadira pauses, pointing at a wedding photo in the album.
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