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Posted Wed Nov 27 2013: from Washington Post:
New Zealand judge rejects climate refugee plea http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1385569083
A New Zealand judge on Tuesday rejected a Kiribati man's claim that he should be granted refugee status because of climate change. Ioane Teitiota and his wife moved to New Zealand from the low-lying Pacific island nation in 2007. He argued that rising sea levels make it too dangerous for him and his family to return to Kiribati.
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