Legal Protection for the Environmental Refugee Under the Rules of International Law

Abstract

The environmental refugee is a relatively new term that has emerged on the global stage in the context of climate change. However, the rules of international law have not yet recognized this phenomenon. This is what drives us, through this article, to explore the limits of legal protection for the environmental refugee—a matter that has become extremely difficult due to the lack of a precise and comprehensive definition of the environmental refugee on the one hand, and the lack of recognition of the right of asylum by the competent international bodies on the other.