webfact Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 New Zealand deports Kiribati 'climate change refugee' after a four-year battleWELLINGTON: -- New Zealand has deported a Kiribati man who argued he should be allowed to stay in the country as a refugee because the effects of climate change threatened his homeland.Ioane Teitiota was deported on Wednesday afternoon after a four-year battle with authorities, arguing that climate change was threatening the viability of his tiny Pacific island homeland.His wife, Angua Erika, and their three New Zealand-born children will also have to leave, but New Zealand's immigration department has not yet confirmed when.Michael Kidd, the lawyer representing Mr Teitiota, told the ABC that climate change was not regarded legally as "exceptional circumstances" so he had to return to Kiribati.Full story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-23/new-zealand-deports-kiribati-climate-change-refugee/6800230-- ABC NEWS 2015-09-24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoePai Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 good try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimay1 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Another climate change nutter bites the dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahvail Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Never heard of Kiribati? It's pretty much a deathh sentence if a decent tyfun goes over the top of the island, which is nly 3 meters above sea level. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2015/mar/11/climate-change-in-the-marshall-islands-and-kiribati-before-and-after-interactive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Another climate change nutter bites the dust. Yes, those climate change nutters are a tiny minority. Good to shut them up and stop spreading those silly rumours so we can all get back to some proper polluting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredNL Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If he could have asylum granted, everyone from Holland could apply for one too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisemonkey Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 If they ever started accepting climate change refugees, it wouldn't be long before ever Bangladeshi is trying to 'get in'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well, in 2005, the United Nations Environment Programme predicted that climate change would create 50 million climate refugees by 2010. They never did find them, and had to "disappear" the claim. Looked for a moment there as if Mr. Teitiota was going to score 1 for the UN, albeit 5 years too late, but it wasn't to be. Back to the drawing board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbbooboo Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 ummm.........who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 He's in trouble back home for saying bad things about his homeland. One should be careful of what one says in such situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookee68 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 He should have bought a cat like the one in the UK did, and was granted to stay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 They should at least have given him swimming lessons before they sent him back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meltingpot2015 Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 (edited) New Zealand was one of the first countries to sign the Trans-pacific Partnership (TPP)Trade agreement, alongwith Brunie, Chile and Singapore. By rejecting his claim for refugee status the New Zealand government is doing everything so that this agreement is not undermined. Edited September 25, 2015 by meltingpot2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 they also dont give nationality to baby's born there ? same same thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4evermaat Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Are the kids citizens by birth? How does that work in NZ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) As another poster pointed out, Bangladesh is one good typhoon away from dumping 60 or 70 million refugees on some unsuspecting 'safe country'. Most of their Asian neighbors will promptly put "no entry" signs on their borders, so Europe/Australia/New Zealand will be tempting destinations! The Kiwis are probably just trying to set a precedent. Edited September 30, 2015 by otherstuff1957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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