Deeply connected

Now more than ever, migration and climate change are deeply connected. Watch this new video to connect the dots.

Lorelei,

Today is International Migrants Day — and right now, Trump is holding our democracy hostage over his border wall. On the news last week, he said he would be "proud to shut down the government" if Congress doesn't fund his $70 billion racist pipe dream.

Trump's attacks show how critical it is for all of us to stand with migrants fighting for justice, human rights, and dignity. But the fight for immigration justice is bigger than Trump — this about communities' lives and homes being impacted all over the world. And now more than ever, migration and climate change are deeply connected.

We just released a new video where I help break down the connections between climate change and migration, and I think this is one of the most important stories our movement needs to be telling right now. Can you watch and share the video here?

The current caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States are fleeing violence, poverty, and hunger — conditions already made more harmful by fossil-fueled climate disruption.

And it's only going to get worse: as the climate crisis intensifies, more and more people around the world will be forced to leave their homes. By 2050, climate change and extreme weather could force more than 200 million people to flee their homes.

Meanwhile, the costs of the Trump administration's inhumane migrant policies are measured in human lives. While Trump was on TV talking about shutting down the government over his wall, Jakelin Caal, who was just 7 years old, died of dehydration in Border Patrol custody.

Here's the bottom line: building the just world we need means we must fight for policies that support people who are most impacted by the climate crisis. We can't claim to fight for climate justice if we turn away climate refugees after the storms are over and the droughts have ended — but the damage remains.

There can be no climate justice without migrant justice. Watch and share our important new video about the connections between climate and migration here.

Watch and share the video

In solidarity,

Thanu

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More information:

1. HuffPost: "Trump's Wall Could Run Up Billions In Unforeseen Costs, Watchdog Report Warns." August 8, 2018.
2. The Guardian: "The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change." October 30, 2018.
3. UN International Organization for Migration, Migration and Climate Change
4. Washington Post: "7-year-old migrant girl taken into Border Patrol custody dies of dehydration, exhaustion." December 13, 2018.

 

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