Two bad hurricanes in Central America has forced thousands of small farmers off their land. Drought in other areas have done the same.. When folks can't feed their family they move to somewhere they can.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
report over 4.3 million Central Americans - including 3 million Hondurans - have been impacted by Hurricane Eta alone, which struck Nicaragua on November 3rd. Those numbers rose when Hurricane Iota struck two weeks later, again in Nicaragua on November 16th.
The Red Cross America’s division described conditions as a "triple emergency” in Honduras and Guatemala of: hurricane Eta, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the years-long drought that has deeply impacted agriculture, making even subsistence agriculture, impossible across large sections of the region. The Red Cross says it is now readying for internal displacement, as well as migration across borders, as a result.
November 19, 2020
CLIMATE DISPLACEMENT IN THE NEWS
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