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The role of fossil fuels in migrants moving north

Migrants and refugees can actually be perceived by large swathes of society as though they’re somehow disposable and, by extension, their suffering is somehow less worthy of external concern; perhaps something similar to how human smugglers perceive their cargo when choosing that most immoral line of business (How a deadly ideology went mainstream, Spotlight, 17 June).

Often conveniently overlooked is that many migrants/refugees are leaving global warming-related chronic

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