Syria: Drought Driving Farmers to the Cities

(IRIN) September 2, 2009 – Thousands of Syrian farming families have been forced to move to cities in search of alternative work after two years of drought and failed crops followed a number of unproductive years. “The situation has now got really severe; we are talking about desert, rather than farming land,” said Abdel Qader […]

Finding a (Legal) Home for Climate Migrants

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