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  • Donald G. Herzberg Professor of International Migration, and Director, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
Migrants hoping to reach the distant U.S. border walk along a highway in Guatemala in January 2021. AP Photo/Sandra Sebastian

As more climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will need to adapt

Katharine M. Donato, Georgetown University; Amanda Carrico, University of Colorado Boulder, and Jonathan M. Gilligan, Vanderbilt University

Climate migrants don’t fit neatly into the legal definitions of refugee or migrant, and that can leave them in limbo. The Biden administration is debating how to identify and help them.

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