Solicitanţii de azil din motive climatice
Environmental asylum seekers

Summary/Abstract: The UN Convention on Refugees was formally adopted on July 28, 1951, to solve the refugee problem in Europe after World War II. This international Treaty defines a refugee as a person with a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership to a particular social group or political opinion. From the definition presented it results that it does not specifically refer to people living in certain areas that are affected by global warming changes. Climate change is a major threat to the states` security and it will continue to pose a threat in the not too distant future. For this reason, it may affect up to disappearance entire communities in Asia, Australia, Oceania, Central America, Africa and especially the Pacific. Changes from global warming and desertification, water scarcity, drought, earthquakes or floods will force many people to leave the southern hemisphere of the planet increasingly affected by climate change and take refuge in the northern hemisphere of the planet. Long term weather changes will encourage farmers, fishermen and herders to go away from affected areas, especially those in rural areas and to move to urban areas.

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