Claim: The Trump Administration is Shutting Out Climate Refugees
18 hours ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall
“… there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts …”
‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees
Oliver Milman
Wed 10 Jun 2026 23.00 AEST
As the US shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts
Trump targets migrants from countries hit most by climate shocks
Millions of people around the world are having their lives upended by floods, storms and heatwaves worsened by the climate crisis. Those forced to flee their home countries, however, are finding that the door to the US is more firmly shut than ever.
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But those who have managed to get to the US through other means after being displaced in this way now find themselves in an even more precarious position following Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, with little hope of a new system to help others forced from their homes by climate impacts.
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