The Guardian | By: Fiona Harvey | December 21, 2017:
Researchers plotted temperature rises against the number of asylum applications and are predicting that as the southern hemisphere heats up the number of people migrating to the EU each year will triple.
Climate change will drive a huge increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum in Europe if current trends continue, according to a new study (in Science magazine).
The number of migrants attempting to settle in Europe each year will triple by the end of the century based on current climate trends alone, independent of other political and economic factors, according to the research.
Even if efforts to curb global warming are successful, the number of applications for asylum could rise by a quarter, the authors predict.
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