As Canada faces wildfires and smoke, is it ready for climate migrants?

As Canada faces wildfires and smoke, is it ready for climate migrants?

Updated July 3, 2023

The air in several major Canadian cities on Monday smells like burning campfires.

Air quality has plummeted during recent weeks because of wildfire smoke, made worse by the adverse effects of climate change in an “unprecedented” fire season. But as Canada battles environmental emergencies, advocates are asking if the country is ready to play its part in a global crisis of climate migrants.

“We know that people will try to reach here in perilous ways. That’s going to only increase with climate migration increasing,” said Maureen Silcoff, an immigration and refugee lawyer.

She said that Canada needs a broader approach to deal with the question as climate change and natural disasters ranging from fires to droughts to floods such as those that devastated Pakistan last year become more frequent.

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