‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees

<p>As the US shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/trump-administration-immigrants-climate-crisis">Trump targets migrants from countries hit most by climate shocks</a></p></li></ul><p>Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-crisis">climate crisis</a>. Those forced to flee their home countries, however, are finding that the door to the US is more firmly shut than ever.</p><p>Neither US nor international law recognizes environmental hazards, such as climate-related displacement, as a valid cause to claim asylum or gain entry through other migration pathways, despite the mounting toll of disasters caused by an overheating planet.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/climate-change-crisis-refugees">Continue reading...</a>

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