8 OCTOBER 2013
A man from the island of Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean has adopted a novel approach towards his asylum bid – he has demanded to be permitted to remain in New Zealand because his native home is sinking into the ocean due to climate change and global warming.
According to reports, the Kiribati native, 37, and his wife, departed the atoll in the Pacific – 2,600 miles from New Zealand – six years ago due to rising sea levels. He now claims that climate change has made it too dangerous for him, his wife, and three New Zealand-born children, to return to Kiribati.
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Source: International Business Times