The Sundarban Islands, found of the eastern coast of India, are having an environmental crisis. Because of global warming, they are losing land. Without land they can’t farm, or live. Many of the citizens are being forced to move and when moved they face huge aggression from the citizens of the places they are moving to. This article goes over the problem, and who is possible to blame but unfortunately does very little to discuss a solution to the problem. On Ghoramara Island, Das and his family are constantly fighting the rising tide to keep their land. Unfortunately, it is a losing battle. There was a time when rain brought the promise of a good harvest, but now it threatens to take away everything Das and his family have worked for.
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The central part of the island used to house the market, where families could sell their wares, but now people are being forced to live there. Without land to farm, many people are being forced to work as day laborers, fishing or building embankments. Some families are even being forced to abandon their homes and move, but lacking money for a big move, are forced to move to another island. The United Nations is trying to help, but the money is slow to come to these “environmental refugees”. There is also much debate on if an “environmental refugee” is the same as a “refugee” or “asylum seeker” and if this could dilute the terms. When families are able to move to another island, they then have to live in places that see them as strangers stealing their jobs. When people migrate they have different push and pull factors. Economics Factors are normally considered voluntary. The push factors include a lace of land, jobs, and money. The pull factors include the opportunity for land, jobs and money. Cultural factors are often involuntary. The push factors include political instabilities, wars, political persecution, religious persecution, and intolerance. The pull factors include democracy, freedom, tolerance, peace. Other cultural factors can include education and health. The final factor is environmental factors which are considered involuntary. The push factor includes natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, …show more content…
This is seen as an internal migration. An international migration would be if they leave their country and move to another one. This might be the best solution for the people because all of the islands are facing problems with climate change. The world is a brutal place. This will be resolved one way or another; either the citizens move to a safe place, most likely out of their country, or they will perish. Unfortunately this article spends too much time blaming man made global warming and no time discussing how to help these people. One thing this article does well is casting blame, and if casting blame solved the problem of climate change this problem would be already solved. Unfortunately, casting blame doesn’t help. In fact, it causes people to not want to
The central part of the island used to house the market, where families could sell their wares, but now people are being forced to live there. Without land to farm, many people are being forced to work as day laborers, fishing or building embankments. Some families are even being forced to abandon their homes and move, but lacking money for a big move, are forced to move to another island. The United Nations is trying to help, but the money is slow to come to these “environmental refugees”. There is also much debate on if an “environmental refugee” is the same as a “refugee” or “asylum seeker” and if this could dilute the terms. When families are able to move to another island, they then have to live in places that see them as strangers stealing their jobs. When people migrate they have different push and pull factors. Economics Factors are normally considered voluntary. The push factors include a lace of land, jobs, and money. The pull factors include the opportunity for land, jobs and money. Cultural factors are often involuntary. The push factors include political instabilities, wars, political persecution, religious persecution, and intolerance. The pull factors include democracy, freedom, tolerance, peace. Other cultural factors can include education and health. The final factor is environmental factors which are considered involuntary. The push factor includes natural disasters, earthquakes, tsunamis, …show more content…
This is seen as an internal migration. An international migration would be if they leave their country and move to another one. This might be the best solution for the people because all of the islands are facing problems with climate change. The world is a brutal place. This will be resolved one way or another; either the citizens move to a safe place, most likely out of their country, or they will perish. Unfortunately this article spends too much time blaming man made global warming and no time discussing how to help these people. One thing this article does well is casting blame, and if casting blame solved the problem of climate change this problem would be already solved. Unfortunately, casting blame doesn’t help. In fact, it causes people to not want to