Wednesday, November 27, 2013
New Zealand judge rejects refugee status based on climate change
[JURIST] A New Zealand High Court [official website] judge on Tuesday held that two Kiribati citizens, could not be granted refugee status [decision, PDF] based on the effects of climate change on Kiribati. Ioane Teitiota and his wife moved to New Zealand from the island nation of Kiribati in 2007 and had three children born in New Zealand. As New Zealand does not grant citizenship based upon birth in the country, the entire family faces deportation because the couple has...
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