The threat of natural and meteorological disasters motivates migration from Latin American and Caribbean countries in search of other ways to earn an income and meet basic needs.
What motivates them to migrate?
It is the droughts and floods, in addition to the lack of employment, low income, violence, crime, persecution and insecurity that motivate a high migration to American territory.
The reality of Latin America
It is confirmed that climate change is having an impact and will have an even greater impact on this region., where hurricane records will be broken, severe droughts will be suffered, sea levels will continue to rise and there will be more fires, according to the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) 2020 State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean Report.
According to research, Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions of the world most affected by climate change and external weather phenomena that are causing serious damage to the health, life, food, water, energy and socioeconomic development of the region, which contributes to migration.
Furthermore, weather-related events and their impacts cost more than 312,000 lives in Latin America and the Caribbean and They affected more than 277 million people in the last 20 years.
According to the Global Risks Report 2022, in Looking at a 10-year horizon, environmental risks are perceived as the 5 most critical long-term threats to the world. Classified as, 3 of the most serious threats are "failure of climate action", "extreme weather" and "loss of biodiversity".
The projections don't lie, and they highlight potential future problems that should be urgently addressed by those in charge, that is, humanity.